Windows 2000 - Help! Missing autochk file and some other stuff

[chris]

Hi. Hopefully I'm posting this in the right newsgroup. I'm running
Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4. Long story short,
I had to reboot my computer today and when it was going through the
restart session, on the screen it flashed that it was missing the
AUTOCHK file. I've also noticed that various programs like notepad,
the command prompt, the calculator, etc are not working (i.e. not
found). Would someone please explain how I can get these back? Thanks
in advance for your help!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Control Panel|System|Advanced|Environment Variables|System Variables|Path

Path should appear as semicolon separated values. Make sure it contains at
least;

%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Hi. Hopefully I'm posting this in the right newsgroup. I'm running
| Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4. Long story short,
| I had to reboot my computer today and when it was going through the
| restart session, on the screen it flashed that it was missing the
| AUTOCHK file. I've also noticed that various programs like notepad,
| the command prompt, the calculator, etc are not working (i.e. not
| found). Would someone please explain how I can get these back? Thanks
| in advance for your help!

 

[chris]

I followed what you had listed below and this is what I saw:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\Sonic\MyDVD;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\

I did a copy and paste on the above. It would appear that it's
missing ;%SystemRoot% after the first %SystemRoot%. Or should it look
like the above?

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, what you have looks correct.

Can you find and execute the files notepad.exe (should be in %systemroot%),
calc.exe and cmd.exe (should be in %systemroot%\system32)

Also check that "Path" found at;

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

HKCU\Environment

are both a type Reg_Expand_Sz string and not type Reg_Sz


After backup you can also run;
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %windir% or %systemroot%

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I followed what you had listed below and this is what I saw:
|
| %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
| Files\Sonic\MyDVD;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
|
| I did a copy and paste on the above. It would appear that it's
| missing ;%SystemRoot% after the first %SystemRoot%. Or should it look
| like the above?