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ar1stotle

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:29 pm

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OK, my mom's computer just started going haywire yesterday/today. When you try to boot it, about 70% of the time it stops with a message that says:

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The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum.

I've googled it and am currently running a chkdsk (which is taking ages). Anyone have any first-hand experience with this?

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Daniel Schmidt

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:45 am

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Could be a number of things;
Harddrive going bad
bad or loose HDD cable
virus
if old enough bad CMOS battery

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Adam Durham

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:22 pm

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Yeah I would definitely check things out with the HD first
chkdsk, cable and all that

Not sure about the CMOS battery but I suppose it is possible

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