Re: CHKDSK killed my OpenGL subsystem

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From: Skybuck Flying (nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:22:34 +0100

"Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
news:33cr59F3ppfepU1@individual.net...
> "Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cqqgr9$f3c$1@news4.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> > Today when I booted my computer checkdisk ran automatically, "fixed"
some
> > errors, and simply rebooted leaving me in a state of cluelessness.
> > Apperently nvoglnt.dll is related to opengl which is now damaged.
>
> Sounds like it - nvoglnt sounds like nVidia OpenGL NT driver - and XP is
> NT5.1.

Yeah ;)

>
> No idea about the other files.
>
> > How do I restore my system ? Do I simply install the latest nvidia
driver
> > and hope for the best ?
>
> First run System File Checker, which will restore any missing or damaged
XP
> files. At the Run option in the Start menu type
>
> sfc /scannow
>
> and then press OK. Have your XP CD at hand.
>
> Then reinstall your nVidia drivers. If you're lucky, that'll sort it all
> out. I wouldn't risk using a Restore Point for 2 reasons:
>
> 1) Anything you installed since the last restore point will be lost
>
> 2) If the restore point files were damaged, you could end making things
> worse.

Well since only the opengl dll was damaged I was lucky and simply installed
the latest nvidia drivers and voila it s working again ;)

>
> > How did this happen in the first place ? (I have been playing around
with
> > RTCW and a debugger which I shutdown multiple times but I dont think
that
> > was dangerous ? )
>
> Either turning the power off before cached updates have been written back
to
> the hard drive, or hard disk could be on the way out. Get the disk
utilities
> for the drive you have from the manufacturers web site and run a few
tests.

Well power off and cache stuff I dont think so at least not for the dll...
why would anything write to the dll ? Except maybe defrag or repairing the
dll or something wacky.

Harddisk could be getting old... though I hope not ;)

No I dont trust the utilities... I dont wanna erase my harddisk ;)

>
> > Is there anything that can be done to make chkdsk give more information
> > and
> > maybe ask me what I want it to do before it does it ?
>
> Normally chkdsk runs automatically on start up only when XP hasn't been
shut
> down normally. If you look at the text that comes up it does give you an
> option to skip the checking - if you do this, and XP boots up, you can run
a
> command prompt and type chkdsk to get it to run without fixing anything,
it
> will display what is wrong (you need to run chkdsk /f to tell it to fix
> any problems, and this will only be done on your system drive on reboot
> anyway).

Well so far it's has not turn out bad... so I will simply let chkdsk
continue to run as it is...

But at the next sign of trouble... I'm gonna disable it ;)

I dont wanna run the risk of losing important files :D

Though I do make backups... good reason to make another backup soon :)

Bye,
  Skybuck.

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