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Topic: Blue Screen at Show and did something really Numb!!

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Last week I experienced a Blue Screen at the beginning of a show and had to close out of VDJ and several other programs. No worry, had the back up right next to me.

Here's What Happened to Dell Laptop E1505 2 gB ram, 500 gB HD, and nVidea 256 mB integrated card (always ran videos well) and running Windows Home XP, SP #3:

After I attempted to start up again at home, I couldn't get past the Dell Screen where it just stayed black. I couldn't get to safe mode either. I did do an internal complete set of diagnostic tests and ram, HD, CPU, etc., etc., all passed with flying colors. I also was able to use an Acronis Boot disk and view the folders and files and all looked intact and all there.

At this point, I decide to bring the machine into the shop that upgraded my Ram and HD last year on both this and the backup Laptop Computer. He runs an hour long test over all the files and tells me there is a corrupt .dll file in the system 32 folder and a few other files missing, and perhaps a few other corrupt ones. I tell him I want to try some type of repair/recovery first and NOT have to do a reinstallation unless completely necessary!! He says the best bet might be to copy the original system 32 folder from the original 80 gB HD that was cloned onto the upgraded 500 gB last year. I agreed and got him the older HD to do this. Most things seem to be okay now except for:

1. When I click on VDJ, I get a little popup saying "Installation Error"
2. Intel Pro wireless program doesn't show up anywhere in the start panel.
3. My karaoke program's settings are all lost.
4. Corel Photo Expired version doesn't show up when clicking on jpegs. At least the exp. version used to view the files for me.
5. WMP doesn't play mp3's any more.

But, I KNOW WHY!!!!

I handed him the HD that came out of the backup laptop (Dell Inspron 6000); Both laptops HD's were upgraded at the same time last year.
The System 32 folder from the original HD of the backup Computer was the one that got copied over into.

Here's the big Question, What Should I do?
I can easliy have him recopy the Correct System 32 from the correct HD that the 500 gB was originally cloned from, or can this make things even worse. Or should I just leave things the way they are and spend a bunch of hours resetting and reinstalling and trying to locate programs that may not be found.
 
Inviato Wed 26 Oct 11 @ 11:41 am
Your REAL problem is not the System32 folder... Is the Windows Registry. That's why you get "installation error" on VirtualDj for instance...

I would suggest to FORMAT the drive ans start clean. I would suggest this for SEVERAL reasons, most important being your REGISTRY ;)
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
Your REAL problem is not the System32 folder... Is the Windows Registry. That's why you get "installation error" on VirtualDj for instance...

I would suggest to FORMAT the drive ans start clean. I would suggest this for SEVERAL reasons, most important being your REGISTRY ;)


Hmmm, I see. Afraid of that. But the registry was fine before the screw up. It now contains whatever registry files differ from the other HD's System32 folder. What would happen if I rebuild (reinstall) VDJ, WMP, etc. and get the basic programs I use going right, then doing a registry clean afterwards?
 
These programs most likely would start working again. However a "messed up" registry (even if you do a cleanup) is dangerous for the stability of your system. Windows registry is not a "file". It's a huge database that keeps tons of critical information about your system, OS and installed applications. For me a "bad" registry is like a ticking bomb...
 
If you made a backup, you could copy it from there and just reinstall programs from that point or if you have a registry cleaner it should have a backup in the programs restore folder, I would check those possibilities first.....

Good Luck,

Joey....
 
Now that you can boot ok, you could try a System Restore prior to the date of the blue screen.

This may or may not work, but probably worth a shot. It has saved me a couple times.

Also don't know what state your system restore files are in.
 
I would get a new hard drive first. Missing and corrupt files are a sign of damage. Especially so if the problem comes unexpected.

If you can afford it... replace the drive. Else scan it and re-scan it thoroughly. If any hint of trouble replace it.

Good Luck.
 
Not had this problem since I was last using XP!
 
Get a Mac... sorry, I couldn't resist.

Shoot me a PM and I will get you through this.
 
JimmyL-DJ wrote :
I would get a new hard drive first. Missing and corrupt files are a sign of damage. Especially so if the problem comes unexpected.

If you can afford it... replace the drive. Else scan it and re-scan it thoroughly. If any hint of trouble replace it.

Good Luck.


Had it completely scanned and run thru Diagnostics too. HD was "supposedly" Okay!!
Drive is really quite new 1 -2 years old or less.

What's weird is that it happened exactly on Oct. 20, same day when AVG had had some kind of upgrade that messed up some Windows 7 setups.
Not sure if this upgrade could have anything to do with this "ole" dell on XP??
 
djmagicmoments wrote :
Get a Mac... sorry, I couldn't resist.

Shoot me a PM and I will get you through this.


I sent you a PM djmagic...
 


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