XP quirks after power outage

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I'm having some strange problems - a few days ago we had a power outage and
my computer shutoff suddenly. It came on the next day, however, since then
I've noticed some "quirks." They were subtle. One problem is that quicken
no longer launches - I double click the icon (shortcut and exe file), and the
hour glass appears, then stops, but no program launches. Re-installing does
nothing. The same thing happens when I click on "help and support" on XP
start menu. Also, I am no longer able to access my disk manager service - I
get an error stating "unable to connect to local disk service..."

Anyway, I was hoping anyone had any suggesions besides a fresh install of
xp. Any help appreciated.
 
Had the same problem once. Now I have a battery backup surge protector. No
more worries. I live in an area that has frequent blackouts... It's saved
my butt at least 5 times this summer.

Helen
 
Thanks for the quick reply. I tried that, but the problem still persists.
Any other suggestions?
 
spartan117 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I tried that, but the problem
still persists.
Any other suggestions?
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The obvious one of going back to a restore point made before
the blackout comes to mind. Is there one?

The sudden cutoff of power may have trashed something on the
HD. Rolling back to an earlier restore point might help.

By the way you HAVE already moved all your data (in the
Documents and Settings folder) to a safe place haven't you?
You should do that before doing anything else.
 
Yeah, I tried multiple restore points, however, when windows loads I always
get the message that system restored failed - probably another quirk from the
outage. I even tried running Norton systemworks, and no good.

Oh well, may need to do a fresh install of windows. Appreciate the
feedback. Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
 
spartan117 said:
Oh well, may need to do a fresh install of windows.
Appreciate the
feedback. Any further suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!
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The only other thing that comes to mind is a repair
installation from the CD.
 
does the sfc you mention do the same thing as the 'errorchecking on
next restart' check boxes?

thx
 
I'm going to try the repair CD... I let you know how it goes. Otis - I'm not
sure what you mean about the error checking. When I run it, it states that
it is copying .dll files back to windows. Thanks for all the input.
 
Start/My Computer

right click C:

click properties/tools/error checking. check both boxes, OK. it will
ask if you want to check on next start. say YES. then close. and
restart.

this has brought back several PCs from near death.

cheers
 
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