S0rtna Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 I tried to apply the xp tweaks that are on the first link of the Sticky notes, and I get errors any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REH Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 What type of errors? -REH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 If you have the Windows XP CD then I would try this first. Place CD into CD-ROM (close auto-start windows) Start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 sorry taking so long to get back but was busy with things, the reg cleaner you suggested came back clean and the windows cd is a no go as this comp is a rent to own deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 and to answer REH cannot open file errors something about disk or file system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 anyway to have that operation point to cab files if they are available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 Attempt this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 sry I took so long to get back to you I did as you suggested and it did find a or several problems with the file system and fixed them on the reboot assuming that is now fixed thank you very much for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 should i attempt those tweaks again now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 should i attempt those tweaks again now? Wouldnt hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 I was wrong I ran chkdsk again and it still seems there are errors in the file system and it doesn't seem to be able to change them any ideas on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 If it helps the filesystem is NTFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 did you run it in safe mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 no I will try that now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 no such luck there either another thing it keeps making me do it on next reboot because it says chkdsk is already in use by another process this happens even in safe mode.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 did you do it in safe mode with command prompt? try that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 yes got same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 so chkdsk doesnt work at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 it runs on reboot I even tried a full scan with /s and /f I believe it was and still it detects problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 12, 2005 CID Share Posted April 12, 2005 try chkdsk /f /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 13, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 same results says something about correcting errors in volume bitmap when i run chkdsk by itself too then says windows found problems with your file system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 could you possibly make a boot disk with chkdsk on it? i think it cant repair the files because windows is running... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 13, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 doing it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0rtna Posted April 13, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 tells me chkdsk cannot be run in dos mode heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 odd... when you run it, which files does it say are corrupted? and their location... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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