re: Corrupted file and startup problem
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MartinM
(7538 messages posted)
99.9% sure your HDD is failing.
Before doing anything else, back up all your data
Anything else you do may use up the precious dying moments of your HDD.
Then you can do whatever of these suits you best:
1. Sit back and wait for the end
2. Run the manufacturer's diagnostics to confirm the diagnosis
3. Buy a new HDD anyway
4. You could try taking an image backup of the HDD and cloning the new drive when
you get it. This might not work - nothing lost - but if it does it will carry everything
you have - operating system, installed programs, data, settings - forward.
On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 1:42 pm, Barnum wrote:
>Yesterday I tried to access a file (with photos in it). I received the message
that
>the file was corrupt and could not be opened. Don't remember the exact sequence
>the the check disk function started, and after about ten minutes of going through
>all the various tasks, the file became accessible and the photos were still there.
>
>
>Then today I came home from work, and when I tried to turn on the computer the screen
>came up with a message that there was problem with startup, and the startup fix
program
>started running. After two attempts it finally started. I did not add any hardward
>or load any programs of late....Not feeling comfortable with the PC right now.
Any
>idea of what might have caused this?
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