help!!! can only boot to command prompt only (corrupt files)

this machine is a mess kept frezzing trying to run surface scan (bad clusters)
I think I was able to to successfully run through scan disc but not sure
because batteries in wireless mouse failed arrgg!! someting failde not sure
what was only booting in safe mode had to use emergency shut off when
retarted tried restarting back to safe mode f8f8f8f8f8f8f now it only boots
to command prompt only and suggest running scan reg does not work to get to
c:\ command have to type sca fast or I just get fail?abort? retry Ive tried
entering scan reg different ways caps run SCAN REG, RUN SCAN REG,run scan
reg,just typing scan reg or SCAN REG I believe it says invalid file unable to
read there are no back up files no disks no floppies that I know of some one
gave me a bootleg I think I put it in my machine and its all rar.files Im not
sure if you can even use that type of disc if you don't have winrar on the
machinr you are going to use it on can dos read rar files? I just dont know
where to go been working on this thing for 3 days and it just keeps getting
worse
--
Newbie trying to be a geek!!!
Korvorka

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this machine is a mess kept frezzing trying to run surface scan (bad
clusters)
I think I was able to to successfully run through scan disc but not sure
because batteries in wireless mouse failed arrgg!! someting failde not
sure
what was only booting in safe mode had to use emergency shut off when
retarted tried restarting back to safe mode f8f8f8f8f8f8f now it only
boots
to command prompt only and suggest running scan reg does not work to get
to
c:\ command have to type sca fast or I just get fail?abort? retry Ive
tried
entering scan reg different ways caps run SCAN REG, RUN SCAN REG,run scan
reg,just typing scan reg or SCAN REG I believe it says invalid file unable
to
read there are no back up files no disks no floppies that I know of some
one
gave me a bootleg I think I put it in my machine and its all rar.files Im
not
sure if you can even use that type of disc if you don't have winrar on the
machinr you are going to use it on can dos read rar files? I just dont
know
where to go been working on this thing for 3 days and it just keeps
getting
worse
--
Newbie trying to be a geek!!!
Korvorka

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:16:11 -0700, "korvorka"

this machine is a mess kept frezzing trying to run surface scan (bad clusters)

Welll duhhhh. To quote from ye olde Tips for Mercinaries: "A sucking
chest wound in nature's way of telling you you are going to DIE".

I think I was able to to successfully run through scan disc

It's a dying hard drive.

How "successful" do you expect Scandisk to be?

http://cquirke.mvps.org/pccrisis.htm refers.

Here is clue you need to get: Bad sectors means the hard drive is
physically dying, and will take your data with it. It cannot be
lipsticked back to life by hiding the sectors that are currently
detectable as bad. Replace the hard drive.



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