Re: CHKDSK killed my OpenGL subsystem

From: DaveL (dave1027_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:53:17 -0800

He'll screw around with a debugger but won't trust disk utilities?

DaveL

"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > "Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > 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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