Re: Mystery files on HD
- From: Jim (neillm2001@xxxxxxxxxxx)
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:11:58 GMT
Gerry,
I am using Norton Ghost to image my C drive, the OS drive, and D
drive, The Application drive. I did have it set up to image the C & D
drive on two of my computers to an external USB HD plugged into the
system on which the problem exists. I have had scheduled images made
weekly with differential backups made daily for the past 2 years.
However, the last scheduled backups were made just before the Old
Motherboard went bad. I replaced the MB, the CPU and the memory.
Because the hardware changes were so radical I had to reload Windows
and all of the Applications again. Since then Ghost has not worked
and these mystery files have showed up. The 2 computers are networked
with a GB network between the 2 systems with a switch and the switch
outputs to a router (10/100MB) to a cable modem for internet access.
I tried to run the XP installation in upgrade mode but it failed.
I am getting ready to try to reinstall XP and the applications again.
I am hoping that will solve the problem. I have checked the MB BIOS
for anything that may remotely cause this problem with no success.
Thanks for your help in this matter. jim
Jimmerely
What program are you using for imaging? What are you imaging?
You refer to boot of my two systems. What two systems? Are you
comparing boot times for two computers?for
If you are using two computers are they networked or merely sharing a
router? Are files shared?
Have you looked in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer
Warning and Error Reports? Please post copies. No Information Reportsdouble
please.
You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears isa
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close EventHowever,
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"Jim" <neillm2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gerry, I checked your suggestions and they were as you said they
should be. Still no extensions. I also checked to make sure that
Remote assistance is disabled. It appeared to be; however, when I
checked the advanced tab I found it to be enabled. I disabled it
and
rebooted. Wheb the system came back up I found the remote
assistance
to be enabled again. I ran the Boot log option on my last reboot
and
will now start checking on the files that have loaded during boot
up.
The mystery files are also files, not folders, residing in the root
of
the windows directory.
One thing I have noticed during Boot up of my 2 systems. The one
with
the mystery files Boots at least twice as fast as my other system.
The problem system is using the other system as an internet gateway
and that may account for some of the boot time diferences.
always.TheI
am getting the impression that generating 16GB of files should take
quite a bit of time. I am beginning to believe that they are some
kind of dummy file.
Another responder, nass, asked about my system and if it has been
really slow. Sometimes file transfers are slow. But not
system is an Athlon 64X2 4200 on an ECS NForce4M-A motherboard. I
use
the Kerio Personal Firewall and NOD32 Antivirus. The file path is
C:
\windows\1 and so on. I have right clicked the file and no Opens
with
program is listed. It's file type is a system file. The hidden
attribute box is checked and dimmed. I checked the URL referenced
in
your response and am not sure of what it means.
I am going to start through the boot log in a few hours.
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