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    Technical problems C: Corrupt!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Satyrion, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. Satyrion

    Satyrion Notebook Deity

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    this morning when i started up my laptop i was sent to the disk checking feature they have in WIN XP. There the scanning of my hard disk started and at step 2 of 3 it said "Deleting an index entry from index $0 of file 25" and it just stopped there for 1 hour and than it went to windows saying C: is corrupt.

    Now it does this each time i turn on my laptop and when i am in Windows like now i get a yellow icon error msg down to the right of the screen saying C: is corrupt and uanble to read please run disk check.

    The problem is that i cannot run disk check beecause it stops at this file each time and after 1 hour it skips to Windows saying C: is corrupt. The funny thing is that this happen to me before, about 3 months ago but i dont remember what i did to fix it.

    I also tried to back up to a older saving point but that does not help me anything. Do you guys have any tip what i should do here?
     
    Satyrion, Jun 17, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Time to format if there is no hardware failure.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 17, 2008
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  3. nobscot6

    nobscot6 Wise One

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    try downloading the trial of paragon pm or acronis disk director

    make the boot disk and see if you can repair the drive/file system....
     
    nobscot6, Jun 17, 2008
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  4. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    If you have a Windows XP install disc run a repair installation: (thanks flipfire for posting earlier. ;) )

    It is not normal for this to happen everytime you boot. You should make sure that when you turn off your laptop you are powering down properly via "Shut Down".

    It also wouldn't hurt to check to make sure there isn't a defect in the hard drive. You can check it with the Hard Disc Diagnostic Tools on the Ultimate Boot CD:

    http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
     
    Gregory, Jun 17, 2008
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  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Boot from your XP disc, run the Recovery Console and run CHDSK to check for and fix filesystem errors.
     
    Bog, Jun 17, 2008
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