Defrag problem

[Guest]

When I try to defrag my hard drive running Windows XP home edition, I get the
following message:

"The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmcbase.DLL is not a valild
Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."

What can I do to fix this?

Art

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Click start/run, type "sfc /scannow" and click ok. This will validate the
system file set and replace any missing or corrupted ones with the
appropriate version ones.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Rick,
I did what you suggested. Here is what it now says:

MMC cannot open the file c:\WINDOWS\system32\dfrg.msc.
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was
created by a later version of MMC. This may also be because you do not have
sufficient access rights to the file.

Now what can I do?

Art

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Start/run msconfig, click on "expand file" (general tab)

File to expand: dfrg.msc
From: X:\I386
To: C:\Windows\system32

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive (you need your WinXP CD
for this), change it accordingly. If your system was preinstalled, you may
find this instead on the hard drive under C:\Windows\I386 or simply C:\I386.
If so, change the "from" line accordingly. This assumes a default
installation to C:\Windows. If your installation is in a different folder,
such as C:\Winnt, change the "To" path accordingly. Reboot when finished.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org