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"From the darkness, sleeping light." Formerly luminus dormiens. Lux pacis, light of peace.
Quote: "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." --Bill Watterson, cartoonist, Calvin and Hobbes
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and again
It seems that when I am near my own computer, I am of the unlucky kind. I have to reinstall Windows 98 all over again.
Brain: What did you do this time?
Me: Uh, I ran defrag, using the Autofix JS from PCPitStop.
Brain: And what happened?
Me: . . . Here I go:
I think defrag did something to 1) cause Explorer to fault, 2) be unable to start Windows (when it tries to, the computer shut down abruptly).
I could access the Command Prompt, but what can anyone do there when they can't access the CD drive?
I ran scandisk, fixed many--let me say that again--MANY directories and files (I counted 200 files and 50 directories that were damaged).
As I could not start up Windows, I used the Win98 Startup Disk, and re-installed Windows.
After re-installation, and fixing some things to access the Internet, it (the PC) continues to stay dysfunctional in the following ways:
I would be miserable now, but I'm taking it in relatively good enjoyment. It's fortunate that school is finished and I don't have any work I need to do, or otherwise, I would be panicking because some vital documents are on that HDD.
Brain: Now my sweet, poor fool, have we learned a lesson from this?
Me: (nodding) I will never, from now on, try to defrag the HDD again (without any knowledable PC guru/geek nearby), 'cause I certainly am not one.
From now on, I'll just use the computer for three things: email, web surfing, and checking out the forums at G/E.
Brain: Good, you certainly say the right thing.
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Brain: What did you do this time?
Me: Uh, I ran defrag, using the Autofix JS from PCPitStop.
Brain: And what happened?
Me: . . . Here I go:
I think defrag did something to 1) cause Explorer to fault, 2) be unable to start Windows (when it tries to, the computer shut down abruptly).
I could access the Command Prompt, but what can anyone do there when they can't access the CD drive?
I ran scandisk, fixed many--let me say that again--MANY directories and files (I counted 200 files and 50 directories that were damaged).
As I could not start up Windows, I used the Win98 Startup Disk, and re-installed Windows.
After re-installation, and fixing some things to access the Internet, it (the PC) continues to stay dysfunctional in the following ways:
- IE, as it accesses a page, starts up the download dialog box.
- The Windows Explorer cannot display as web page, so I can't see any information except by selecting Properties.
- I cannot change the icon for certain programs.
- I checked some of the DIR00000 and FILE0000 and saw that some were important Windows folders.
I would be miserable now, but I'm taking it in relatively good enjoyment. It's fortunate that school is finished and I don't have any work I need to do, or otherwise, I would be panicking because some vital documents are on that HDD.
Brain: Now my sweet, poor fool, have we learned a lesson from this?
Me: (nodding) I will never, from now on, try to defrag the HDD again (without any knowledable PC guru/geek nearby), 'cause I certainly am not one.
From now on, I'll just use the computer for three things: email, web surfing, and checking out the forums at G/E.
Brain: Good, you certainly say the right thing.
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