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What do you do if you accidentally wiped your hard drive and when you try to reinstall Windows XP it says some files may be corrupt and will not copy?
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∙ 17y ago
If it says "Some file maybe corrupt" then the problem is in your Windows CD. You need a new one Format you hard disk completely once. Then try reinstaling Windows XP. This will resolve the problem.
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You accidentally partitioned your c drive and installed windows xp. how do i uninstall windows xp from the c drive and then unpartition the drives?
You cannot reverse such process especially after you have installed the os. But if you remember the old partition size you can format the disk again, delete partitions which you don't need and create a partition which you want to have.
When on a secure government site and nortons antivirus is not up to date can a flash drive that is not secure corrupt a hard drive?
Yes an unsecure flash drive can corrupt a hard drive and even infect other computers connected to the network. If the flash drive is connected to any computer that is infected with malware it is very possible that the same flash drive will covertly corrupt other computers. I suggest you buy iron key or another encryted flash drive
After windows 2000xp is installed any partition or logical drive except the one on which windows is installed can be created using what available from the windows desktop?
Disk management
How to recover Windows 7 from recovery drive after installing a clean Windows7 from CD?
If you've reset it, do a windows backup in control panel. Make sure the files in the recover drive are not affected by the restore.
In modern warfare 2 how does the data get corrupt on multiplayer?
If you turn off your console while it is accessing the hard drive. If you are rank hacking, your out of luck.
Do you have to reinstall Windows when adding a new hard drive?
You do not have to reinstall Windows if you wish to add an additional drive. If you want to be able to boot from that drive, or to replace your current boot drive, you will need to install Windows on it.
What is disk read?
Hard Drive:Possibly because your filesystem is broken or corrupt. TO FIX: MUST HAVE WINDOWS INSTALL DISK/RESTORE, THEN REINSTALL, MUST HAVE ACTIVATION KEY FOR REINSTALL! CD/DVD DRIVE: WORN OUT DISC, BROKEN CD/DVD PLAYER, CORRUPT/BROKEN OR NO FILESYSTEM, NO FILESYSTEM AS IN YOU NEED TO FORMAT THE DISC OR REPLACE YOUR CD/DVD DRIVE OR REPLUG IDE PLUG. FLOPPY DISK:NO FLOPPY IN DRIVE, BROKEN/DAMAGED DRIVE, CORRUPT OR UNFORMATTED DISK, UNPLUGGED IDE ON MOTHERBOARD. FIX: FORMAT FLOPPY, REPLACE FLOPPY DRIVE, PUT FLOPPY IN DRIVE. Disk read error is because your Harddisk's/CD/DVD drive/Floppy Drive is broken, corrupt, missing, unformatted or unplugged.
A disk read error occurred?
Hard Drive:Possibly because your filesystem is broken or corrupt. TO FIX: MUST HAVE WINDOWS INSTALL DISK/RESTORE, THEN REINSTALL, MUST HAVE ACTIVATION KEY FOR REINSTALL! CD/DVD DRIVE: WORN OUT DISC, BROKEN CD/DVD PLAYER, CORRUPT/BROKEN OR NO FILESYSTEM, NO FILESYSTEM AS IN YOU NEED TO FORMAT THE DISC OR REPLACE YOUR CD/DVD DRIVE OR REPLUG IDE PLUG. FLOPPY DISK:NO FLOPPY IN DRIVE, BROKEN/DAMAGED DRIVE, CORRUPT OR UNFORMATTED DISK, UNPLUGGED IDE ON MOTHERBOARD. FIX: FORMAT FLOPPY, REPLACE FLOPPY DRIVE, PUT FLOPPY IN DRIVE. Disk read error is because your Harddisk's/CD/DVD drive/Floppy Drive is broken, corrupt, missing, unformatted or unplugged.
Can you reinstall Windows XP without reformatting any extra partitions on that drive?
Yes.
How do I reinstall Windows when it came with my computer and I have no disk?
floppy farst boot drive and install window
Will backup programs reinstall windows to a new hard drive?
No, Not unless it was a "disk image"backup.
How can you replace a hard drive that has windows on it?
Whether or not the hard drive has Windows installed on it is irrelevant to the actual process of replacing the drive. if you want to preserve the current Windows installation, you'll need to use hard drive imaging software to copy the data from the old drive. Otherwise, you can simply replace the drive and reinstall Windows as you would normally.
How might one resolve a Windows No Disk error?
A no disk error is the result of the hard drive crashing. Replace the hard drive, and reinstall the proper Windows software for the specific computer.
If you reinstall windows xp on another c drive will you lose your stuff?
No. In order for it to be "another C: drive", it would have to be on a completely different computer.
What is the NTLDR file and why is it corrupt?
On Windows NT-based operating systems such as Windows XP, NTLDR is the file that is launched by the boot sector and is what loads the NT kernel. It can become corrupt for a number of reasons. For instance, this could be a sign that your hard drive is about to fail. When a hard drive is about to crash, it will sometimes boot into Windows while other times it will complain about corrupt files. It could also become corrupt because of a virus, bumping the PC, or maybe a bad shutdown of the PC.
Why will Windows 98 not reinstall?
This is a very vague question. It could be anything. A scratch in the Windows CD, a dirty CD ROM drive (yes, they periodically need cleaning!), hard drive failure, etc.
If you replace your hard drive do you lose Windows?
If you have not used disk imaging / cloning software to transfer it to the new drive, yes. You can still reinstall with the disc, however.
