Re: XP Home Version Reinstall

From: Bob Harris (rharris270_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:45:48 -0500

Running Turbo Tax should have nothing o do with corrupt XP (system) files.
I assume that this was a coincidence. In fact, running most application
software should not impact system files.

It is possible that your hard disk is failing, or at least has a few bad
spots. Therefore, before reinstalling XP, try running the recovery console
directly from the XP CDROM and do a CHKDSK C: /R (assuming that XP was
installed on C:, else change the drive letter). If CHKDSK finds a
file-system problem, it may be able to fix it. If it finds a bad spot, the
/R option will lock out that spot. If CHKDSK does not work, stops, gives a
fatal errror, then try deleting the partiton and recreating it. In the
recovery console type HELP to get a list of commands, then a command
followed by /? to get help for that command.

The following are links to info about the recovery console:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm

http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
"charlesr" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:186fb01c41b3b$1089c020$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> After closing Turbo Tax 2003 a message appeared on screen
> that some files had been corrupted in XP so I needed to
> reinstall Windows XP. I inserted the CD and began the
> process on 4/4/04 at about 8:30 a.m. It is still running
> and it's now 4/5/04 1:30 p.m. Frequents reboots have
> occurred. "Installing Windows" is still highlighted.
>
> Any solutions?

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