Oh god, Please help me!

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I usually don't do this, because I've always been able to fix my own
problems. But this one I can't, someone please help. (Please read the whole
thing, and *don't* jump to conclusions.)

Yesterday my computer was running fine. I bought/installed some half-life
games, along with a program called xfire (for gaming). The computer worked
fine, and I shut it off when I went to bed. Today I came home to find a
recurring error when I started up my computer:

svchost.exe - Application Error
The instruction at [address] referenced memory at [address] . The memory
cannot be "read".

Also, when I managed to get into windows, I got the RPC termination window.
Well, bells went off in my head. I thought I had somehow got the blaster
virus. So I got the removal tools and patches downloaded from another
computer, and tried them. But they didn't work. No viruses were found, and I
already had the patches. After trying various things, I decided to do a
repair installation.

Here's the big problem. The first part the repair installation went well,
but after the reboot I'm at the part of the actual installation, and I keep
getting the svchost errors! Now I'm just frustrated and mad. I can't
understand why I'm still getting those?

Can anyone please, PLEASE help me out? I have some important documents and
files on my harddrive that I really, REALLY, do not want to lose. Is there a
way of fixing this, or am I royally screwed?
 
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|I usually don't do this, because I've always been able to
fix my own
| problems. But this one I can't, someone please help.
(Please read the whole
| thing, and *don't* jump to conclusions.)
|
| Yesterday my computer was running fine. I bought/installed
some half-life
| games, along with a program called xfire (for gaming). The
computer worked
| fine, and I shut it off when I went to bed. Today I came
home to find a
| recurring error when I started up my computer:
|
| svchost.exe - Application Error
| The instruction at [address] referenced memory at
[address] . The memory
| cannot be "read".
|
| Also, when I managed to get into windows, I got the RPC
termination window.
| Well, bells went off in my head. I thought I had somehow
got the blaster
| virus. So I got the removal tools and patches downloaded
from another
| computer, and tried them. But they didn't work. No viruses
were found, and I
| already had the patches. After trying various things, I
decided to do a
| repair installation.
|
| Here's the big problem. The first part the repair
installation went well,
| but after the reboot I'm at the part of the actual
installation, and I keep
| getting the svchost errors! Now I'm just frustrated and
mad. I can't
| understand why I'm still getting those?
|
| Can anyone please, PLEASE help me out? I have some
important documents and
| files on my harddrive that I really, REALLY, do not want
to lose. Is there a
| way of fixing this, or am I royally screwed?
 
Try installing xp cd,boot to cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:
CHKDSK C: /R When its thru type:EXIT Once it starts it restart,tap the F8
key,
select safe-mode with networking,enter as administrator.I would imagine xfire
whatever that is,caused the problem,thier is a DEL and DELETE cmd in
recovery,
del drive.path filename or use delete drive. (C:) path filename
(xfire.exe)??
Which will delete the file xfire,but you need to know the files exe
name.Type:
HELP in recovery might get more info.
 
I can get into the boot menu, but I can't get into safe mode. It stops part
ways and says "Setup cannot continue under safe-mode." Any other ideas?
 
This didn't work, chkdsk seems to have froze.

Andrew E. said:
Try installing xp cd,boot to cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:
CHKDSK C: /R When its thru type:EXIT Once it starts it restart,tap the F8
key,
select safe-mode with networking,enter as administrator.I would imagine xfire
whatever that is,caused the problem,thier is a DEL and DELETE cmd in
recovery,
del drive.path filename or use delete drive. (C:) path filename
(xfire.exe)??
Which will delete the file xfire,but you need to know the files exe
name.Type:
HELP in recovery might get more info.

ScwB said:
I usually don't do this, because I've always been able to fix my own
problems. But this one I can't, someone please help. (Please read the whole
thing, and *don't* jump to conclusions.)

Yesterday my computer was running fine. I bought/installed some half-life
games, along with a program called xfire (for gaming). The computer worked
fine, and I shut it off when I went to bed. Today I came home to find a
recurring error when I started up my computer:

svchost.exe - Application Error
The instruction at [address] referenced memory at [address] . The memory
cannot be "read".

Also, when I managed to get into windows, I got the RPC termination window.
Well, bells went off in my head. I thought I had somehow got the blaster
virus. So I got the removal tools and patches downloaded from another
computer, and tried them. But they didn't work. No viruses were found, and I
already had the patches. After trying various things, I decided to do a
repair installation.

Here's the big problem. The first part the repair installation went well,
but after the reboot I'm at the part of the actual installation, and I keep
getting the svchost errors! Now I'm just frustrated and mad. I can't
understand why I'm still getting those?

Can anyone please, PLEASE help me out? I have some important documents and
files on my harddrive that I really, REALLY, do not want to lose. Is there a
way of fixing this, or am I royally screwed?
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Last known good configuration?

Alias

ScwB said:
I can get into the boot menu, but I can't get into safe mode. It stops part
ways and says "Setup cannot continue under safe-mode." Any other ideas?
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Well, as long as your files aren't in the My Documents tree, you can
reinstall XP without losing HD files..may get rid of some registry entries
though..this coming from a fellow gamer :)

ScwB said:
This didn't work, chkdsk seems to have froze.

Andrew E. said:
Try installing xp cd,boot to cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:
CHKDSK C: /R When its thru type:EXIT Once it starts it restart,tap the F8
key,
select safe-mode with networking,enter as administrator.I would imagine xfire
whatever that is,caused the problem,thier is a DEL and DELETE cmd in
recovery,
del drive.path filename or use delete drive. (C:) path filename
(xfire.exe)??
Which will delete the file xfire,but you need to know the files exe
name.Type:
HELP in recovery might get more info.

ScwB said:
I usually don't do this, because I've always been able to fix my own
problems. But this one I can't, someone please help. (Please read the whole
thing, and *don't* jump to conclusions.)

Yesterday my computer was running fine. I bought/installed some half-life
games, along with a program called xfire (for gaming). The computer worked
fine, and I shut it off when I went to bed. Today I came home to find a
recurring error when I started up my computer:

svchost.exe - Application Error
The instruction at [address] referenced memory at [address] . The memory
cannot be "read".

Also, when I managed to get into windows, I got the RPC termination window.
Well, bells went off in my head. I thought I had somehow got the blaster
virus. So I got the removal tools and patches downloaded from another
computer, and tried them. But they didn't work. No viruses were found, and I
already had the patches. After trying various things, I decided to do a
repair installation.

Here's the big problem. The first part the repair installation went well,
but after the reboot I'm at the part of the actual installation, and I keep
getting the svchost errors! Now I'm just frustrated and mad. I can't
understand why I'm still getting those?

Can anyone please, PLEASE help me out? I have some important documents and
files on my harddrive that I really, REALLY, do not want to lose. Is there a
way of fixing this, or am I royally screwed?
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Worst case just take out your hard disc and connect it as a slave to
another PC. Copy all your files over to the other system.

That's what I did in a similar situation.
 
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