HELP! Must restore services.
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tWeaKmoD wrote::help: OK- WINDOWS WILL NOT START! I've tried safe mode, safe mode with network, last know config, regular, and something about derectory service mode. All get BSOD before logon screen. If I were to pop in the Win XP install cd, can I just re-install Windows without screwing up my programs and stuff? I usually just jump and re-format but I really want to keep my system how I have it and not have to re-install everything. I do have a backup on a DVD, but it is an older one and doesn't have all my newer stuff. This is starting to stress me out.....
Just select a repair install after it gets to the point where it says looking for previous versions of windows and only windows will be revamped everything else including your desktop and login settings will remain the same.
When it was looking for a previous version of windows it said one could not be found. I had to put in a 98 disk to prove I am worthy of having the XP update. It re-installed windows but I still have programs in my program files (although not listed in the start menu). My computer is just really acting strange right now. I have a new idea:
Is it possible that if a HDD has a bad sector lets say at a 34 (our of 93) gig mark that if I have 10 gigs I will have no problem, but as the closer I get to the bad sectors at 34 the more problems I get. The thing is - the problem use to come and go and I'm wondering if it is because onece and a while I delete a bunch of stuff, thus bringing it away from the bad sector. When my computer just recently decided to crash (no symptoms of "cpu on crack") it was when I was copying a large file over to the 93 gig part of my partition. So I copied smaller files and that went fine. So I tried copying 1.5 gigs of small files and it froze again half way through. Hopefully this isn't too confusing.
Another wierd problem: I think it was this past Thursday I organized a folder I have called "setup files". It is jut a folder with updates, drivers, and other utilites. I organized it and put things in folders and what not. Recently I just looked in that folder and I noticed that my things were no longer organized, BUT some new files I just downloaded after Thursday where still in there. Could system restore could have caused this? I really don't know what is going on with this machine! I have never had so many different problems at once and not known what is causing it or how to fix it!
So for now I am going to get my Linux working again and finish out my school year on Linux. I don't have the time right now to be tweaking Windows to work when Linux will run fine.
Is it possible that if a HDD has a bad sector lets say at a 34 (our of 93) gig mark that if I have 10 gigs I will have no problem, but as the closer I get to the bad sectors at 34 the more problems I get. The thing is - the problem use to come and go and I'm wondering if it is because onece and a while I delete a bunch of stuff, thus bringing it away from the bad sector. When my computer just recently decided to crash (no symptoms of "cpu on crack") it was when I was copying a large file over to the 93 gig part of my partition. So I copied smaller files and that went fine. So I tried copying 1.5 gigs of small files and it froze again half way through. Hopefully this isn't too confusing.
Another wierd problem: I think it was this past Thursday I organized a folder I have called "setup files". It is jut a folder with updates, drivers, and other utilites. I organized it and put things in folders and what not. Recently I just looked in that folder and I noticed that my things were no longer organized, BUT some new files I just downloaded after Thursday where still in there. Could system restore could have caused this? I really don't know what is going on with this machine! I have never had so many different problems at once and not known what is causing it or how to fix it!
So for now I am going to get my Linux working again and finish out my school year on Linux. I don't have the time right now to be tweaking Windows to work when Linux will run fine.
I have noticed the folder matter you're talking about myself. After a system restore c: returns to its prior state = the state ( including files and folders ) that existed when you created the restore point. If you use a file recovery application ( such as Recovery Expert ) you should be able to track lost folders and recover them.
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Can you see whaty the BSOD is referencing? What error code or message is displayed? You may have to use your pause key to be able to read what it is telling you.
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The BSOD says win32k.sys - adress bf8f5c8f
I reinstalled and I am now at the problem that I have encrypted files that I cannot access. Totally forgot that I was messing with encryption and now I can't access any of those files. Right now I just want to get either Windows or Linux working to hold me off for a few weeks until I have time to start fresh...
I reinstalled and I am now at the problem that I have encrypted files that I cannot access. Totally forgot that I was messing with encryption and now I can't access any of those files. Right now I just want to get either Windows or Linux working to hold me off for a few weeks until I have time to start fresh...
No its not good. BUT I also think there is a way around. Also I have a backup image on a dvd, so it should have the certificate on it that once installed will allow me to access my files. Right now I'm not worried about that, nothing I currently need. Right now I'm just focused on getting a fully operation system!
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