How to repair windows ???

Question

recently my HDD got corrupt (im stupid so i didnt backup) and when i start my computer i got this blue screen that tells me it could not load XP and i should chkdsk. so i put the XP CD in and selected the repair option and Used "chkdsk /p" and it reported errors. i dunno what to do next???!!! i dunno the commands

Answer 1

Click start > run > type in "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes) then OK

This does a System File Check. If the scan finds any files that are corrupt or missing, it will prompt you to insert your XP CD. **Note the space in between sfc and /scannow.**

The scan can take quite a while so be patient. When the scan is finished, you'll be prompted to reboot and hopefully the problem will be solved. If the problem still exists, I'd try a Repair Install.

1. With the XP CD installed, turn on your computer.
2. You should see a prompt to "Press Any Key to Boot From CD"
(If you don't see this prompt you might have to modify your BIOS so the computer boots from CD.)
3. After pressing any key (usually the space bar) Info is loaded from the CD onto the hard drive. Eventually you will see a "Welcome To Setup" screen with three choices. Press enter to choose setting up Windows XP. DO NOT PRESS *R* TO SELECT "REPAIRING XP WITH RECOVERY CONSOLE"!!!
4. Press F8 to accept the licensing agreement. You should now see a screen that says, "If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it." You should also see the drive (usually C:) on which the XP is installed.
5. With the drive selected (highlighted), now press "R" to begin the repair.
6. Again, be patient. The repair could take a while. Eventually, you will see a prompt to "Press Any Key". DO NOT PRESS ANY KEYS AT THIS POINT!!!! If you press any key, the computer will reboot from the CD. You don't want that. Let the computer reboot from the hard drive. Just give it a minute or two and it will reboot by itself.
7. Depending on how extensive the damage is, the repair process could end, or more than likely, it will continue and prompt you along the way.
8. Once again, you will get a prompt to "press any key" and once again, DO NOT PRESS ANY KEY. When the computer reboots this final time, you should be at the desktop ready to go.
9. By doing a repair, you will need to go to Windows Update site to reinstall any patches, hotfixes, critical updates, etc. that came out AFTER your CD was manufactured.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Here's how check disk (CHKDSK) works...

CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]

volume - Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.

filename - FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.

/F - Fixes errors on the disk.
/V - On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk. On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R - Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information(implies /F).
/L:size - NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current size.
/X - Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid (implies /F).
/I - NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C - NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder structure.

In your case this is the command you would type.
CHKDSK /F /R /I

Note: Use /I parameter only if you're using NTFS.

This command will run a thorough scan on your hard disk sectors and will attempt to recover any corrupted files. It will also fix bad sectors.

If this does not work, then popin the CD and repair XP using the alternate method (not the Recovery Console)... To do this, instead of going to the recovery console, just simply follow the intructions.

If you need further assistance, just email me.

Answer 3

Doesn't sound very good. XP couldn't repair itself? To be safe I would go out and buy a new hard drive, install it as your master drive and reinstall xp. With your old drive as a slave or a secondary master and you may be able to get some of your files of it

Answer 4

You may have to do a system applications restore.If you do this it Willl be like you just bought your PC.You will loose everything you have downloads.But you can reinstall it all also once you get through the recovery.When you turn on PC if you are able to see safe mode. windows log in, it will be a black screen start hitting f10 and it wil restore your windows xp application

Answer 5

Fixboot Writes a new boot sector.
Fixmbr Writes a new master boot record.
THIS IS DONE FOR XP BUT IF THE DISK WONT DO IT IN THE REPAIR CONSOL, HAVE A FRIEND MAKE YOU A SET OF BOOT DISKS. LOOK TO PC WORLD FOR MOR ANSWERS

Answer 6

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Answer 7

your HDD died or your Xp died, re-install xp with complete format if that doesn´t work need a new HDD.