Reinstall Windows XP

[Ninad Bapat]

Hi

I have 2 hard drives installed and I have WinXP on C: and all data on
Dextended partition)
Recently Windows XP started giving some errors. For e.g whenever an
application(Excel,firefox etc) was opened I got a popup message
"Windows-Corrupt file C/WINDOWS/prefetch/xxxx.pf is corrupt and
unreadable please run chkdsk"
The application then would continue to run without any problems.
Especially firefox is always giving errors and all the files in
profiles/mozilla went corrupt. I could not access my bookmarks and
history.
When I attempted to do chkdsk It complained that the File System is RAW
and chkdsk does not support such filesystem.
I tried to repair this XP installation by booting from the XP CD. Here
also setup complained that C: is corrupt and cannot be repaired.
So I tried to install XP again. Here when I select the option to
install setup automatically selects my D drive (extended partition) and
when I change it to C and select delete and proceed to install new it
does not ask for any formatting option and gives the same error above.
How do I reinstall XP after formatting the same
What could be reasons for these errors

Thanks
Ninad

 

[Guest]

I would download the diagnostic utility for the hard drive with XP on it from
its manufacturer's site.

You can test the RAM memory with memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/.

If necessary, install the hard drive in a working computer in order to test
it.

See this page for information on installing a hard drive:

http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Build3.htm

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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