chkdsk; Ran on restart, deleted a System32 file

[john wunderlich]

Genereaver <Genereaver.3rbofc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
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>
> I put my computer to sleep, went away for an hour, and came back.
> Upon coming out of sleep mode, it told me that one of the files in
> system32 was corrupt, and that I needed to run chkdsk. I tried to
> run chkdsk utility, and it told me that it couldn't (citing no
> reason), and asked if I wanted to schedule it to run after a
> restart. I told it to do so, then restarted my computer.
>
> While checking for corrupted files, it found the file, and removed
> it. Completely. Didn't fix it, didn't tell me to put in a disk so
> I could replace it, just removed it. So now my computer can't boot
> into XP, no matter what I try. I would just completely reinstall,
> but I left the XP-Home disc at my parents' house.
>
> Is there anything at all I can do here? To reiterate: chkdsk
> deleted a file from system32, so now my computer can't boot XP.
>
> EDIT: I retried the boot, this time turning off the automatic
> restart, and got this message on a bluescreen:
> Stop: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
> This application has failed to start because kernel32.dll was not
> found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>
>

How lucky do you feel? If you don't have your Windows disks, you might
try to boot from a Live Linux CD such as Knoppix. If you can get a
copy of the file you are missing from another Windows machine with
similar version, you might be able to put the file back from a thumb
drive and reboot. No guarantees, though.

At a minimum, you can use the Knoppix disk to back up your data files
to a USB drive or over the network in case you need to start anew...

Knoppix: <http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html>

HTH,
John

[john wunderlich]

Genereaver <Genereaver.3rc7vc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in
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>
> John Wunderlich;4384120 Wrote:
>>
>> How lucky do you feel? If you don't have your Windows disks, you
>> might try to boot from a Live Linux CD such as Knoppix. If you
>> can get a copy of the file you are missing from another Windows
>> machine with similar version, you might be able to put the file
>> back from a thumb drive and reboot. No guarantees, though.
>>
>> At a minimum, you can use the Knoppix disk to back up your data
>> files to a USB drive or over the network in case you need to
>> start anew...
>>
>> Knoppix: <http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html>
>>
>> HTH,
>> John
>
> I actually ended up downloading a thing that lets me put stuff in.
> Unfortunately, it looks like kernel23.dll is modified as you use
> your computer, so when I put it in the computer decided that I
> need to reauthenticate Windows. Since I have neither the CD nor
> the necessary code, that's not happening.
>
>

Bummer.
Now that I look, I see that my kernel.dll file has a modify date of
about a week ago. I wonder if that is one of the files that is backed
up in a System Restore point?

-- John

[genereaver]

John Wunderlich;4385688 Wrote:
>
> Bummer.
> Now that I look, I see that my kernel.dll file has a modify date of
> about a week ago. I wonder if that is one of the files that is backed
> up in a System Restore point?
>
> -- John

Looks like it is. I went back in, deleted the one I added, and grabbed
the copy from the folder 'dllcache'. Used that instead, and now
everything works just fine.

Thanks for all your help!


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