Several programs are missing key data: parts of "pages", (eg. the Backup Guide in Sonic Digital Media Studio is only half there with the top half of some of the sentences missing), my Dell printer software is missing the right hand side of over half the pages, etc. This happened a couple of weeks ago, and I have no idea why or how.
The only trouble was with Power Options ( Hibernation would not disable even when unchecked and Power Schemes would not hold). I fixed those problems.
What could cause this? What should I do? Some of the programs were preinstalled from Dell and I have no cds. How can I tell if Windows XPSp2 is missing files and folders? A System Restore would not work...it said there were no changes to my computer, so it would not restore. Also, there have been many registry changes...what kind of changes are do they mean?
I hacave a Dell Dimension 1100. Could I have lost part of the bios? How could I check? This is really freaking me out. HELP!!
2006-09-18 07:38:34 · 2 answers · asked by Margo 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
sounds alot like file corruption to me. i would renistall your operating system if you are having this problem with lots of programs. with one or two you you could probably just delete them and reinstall them.
DO NOT EVER FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE AND REINSTALL YOUR OPERATING SYTEM WITHOUT FIRST BACKING UP YOU DATA ON REMOVEABLE DISKS OR USING AN ONLINE FILE BACKUP SERVICE!
2006-09-18 07:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot in Safe Mode and troubleshoot.
2006-09-18 07:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋