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Guest
Firstly it's probably my fault. My system is set up with two internal hard
drives partitioned with Partition Magic into 5 partitions C - F, H and two
externals hanging off it - G and L.
Whilst I was trying to move a folder from one partition (drive) to another I
also (stupidly) tried to emepty the Norton Recycle Bin. All hell broke loose
and the system hung. I tried shutting down normally - but had to resort to
the 'black button method'. The system refused to cold boot beyond the MS logo.
Hence - I tried repairing using the Windows XP Home CD. However - that
didn't seem to help. In fact drive D disappeared. Trying to access it via the
Windows Explorer window resulted in an error message saying - essentially -
that that drive was toast. The boot up was also slow
So ... I upgraded to XP Pro - thinking that might work - and it did though I
lost all the contents of my Document folders (Pictures and the like) as well
as being disconnected from all my installed software and loosing my Quick bar
contents. However, drive D reappeared under an alias - Drive J. Amazing. I
shut down and rebooted and this time I got the window and a message about a
particular drive index blah, blah. The system proceeded to run an orphan file
recovery process which lasted all nite.
Here's my current problems that i need help with:
1) dragging windows or paging through an application window (such as an
image album) results in a peculiar rippling effect that I can't seem to cure.
I hope that I expressed that clearly enough.
2) I cannot seem to re-acquire or obtain an internet connection )I'm
connected (or was) to a wireless system via a LinkSys USB adapter.
3) My external drives (one Firewire and one USB) are not recognized by the
system and cannot be re-installed using Install Hardware via the control
panel.
4) Some of my 'installed' software - when run - protest that a certain
mscrvt*.dll cannot be found. Is there something that I can do to get the apps
to find this .dll or should I just re-install the SW?
5) I have Ontracks file recovery app - do you think that can recover the
contents of my lost Pictures and My Documents folders or am I screwed?
drives partitioned with Partition Magic into 5 partitions C - F, H and two
externals hanging off it - G and L.
Whilst I was trying to move a folder from one partition (drive) to another I
also (stupidly) tried to emepty the Norton Recycle Bin. All hell broke loose
and the system hung. I tried shutting down normally - but had to resort to
the 'black button method'. The system refused to cold boot beyond the MS logo.
Hence - I tried repairing using the Windows XP Home CD. However - that
didn't seem to help. In fact drive D disappeared. Trying to access it via the
Windows Explorer window resulted in an error message saying - essentially -
that that drive was toast. The boot up was also slow
So ... I upgraded to XP Pro - thinking that might work - and it did though I
lost all the contents of my Document folders (Pictures and the like) as well
as being disconnected from all my installed software and loosing my Quick bar
contents. However, drive D reappeared under an alias - Drive J. Amazing. I
shut down and rebooted and this time I got the window and a message about a
particular drive index blah, blah. The system proceeded to run an orphan file
recovery process which lasted all nite.
Here's my current problems that i need help with:
1) dragging windows or paging through an application window (such as an
image album) results in a peculiar rippling effect that I can't seem to cure.
I hope that I expressed that clearly enough.
2) I cannot seem to re-acquire or obtain an internet connection )I'm
connected (or was) to a wireless system via a LinkSys USB adapter.
3) My external drives (one Firewire and one USB) are not recognized by the
system and cannot be re-installed using Install Hardware via the control
panel.
4) Some of my 'installed' software - when run - protest that a certain
mscrvt*.dll cannot be found. Is there something that I can do to get the apps
to find this .dll or should I just re-install the SW?
5) I have Ontracks file recovery app - do you think that can recover the
contents of my lost Pictures and My Documents folders or am I screwed?