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Yesterday and today I've been having some preblems with my comp. I'll be just doing what im usually doing on it and then the screen goes totally black and nothing response. I'll try to restart and sometimes it wont even get that far and just give me an underscore white line. Another time before that it said that two system files were corrupt one of which being system32\drivers\pci.sys. I tried restarting again though and it was fine for 12 hours but now this morning it happened again. I've run my norton virus check and adaware numerous times and they've picked up nothing. Does someone have any answers to fix this problem

edit: another question: if i format the hardrive that windows is on and then reinstall it onto it, will my second hard drive work right off the bat without needing a reformat?
 
If you have the XP CD, you might want to try SFC (System
File Check). I haven't done it myself, but I've heard
that it can help restore files that may have been
overwritten or gone corrupt. Just do a search for it on
the Microsoft website.

As for the hard drive question, if you have programs set
up on your second hard drive, you will need to re-install
them after you install XP again (clean install that is).
Since your registry will be wiped when you format your
drive with XP on it, all references that Windows has to
those programs will be lost. AFAIK, you should be fine if
it's just documents and various files there. If you have
archive files (like an archive for Outlook or something
of the sort), then you will need to import them back into
their respective programs after you've reinstalled
windows.

Hope this helps,

Nick
[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
Yesterday and today I've been having some preblems with
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my comp. I'll be just doing what im usually doing on it
and then the screen goes totally black and nothing
response. I'll try to restart and sometimes it wont even
get that far and just give me an underscore white line.
Another time before that it said that two system files
were corrupt one of which being system32\drivers\pci.sys.
I tried restarting again though and it was fine for 12
hours but now this morning it happened again. I've run my
norton virus check and adaware numerous times and they've
picked up nothing. Does someone have any answers to fix
this problem?
edit: another question: if i format the hardrive that
Click to expand...
windows is on and then reinstall it onto it, will my
second hard drive work right off the bat without needing
a reformat?
 
Hi

Try this

Start/Run and type SFC /SCANNOW, press the Enter key; when prompted to insert the original XP CD, do so
Watch the screen, you may need to press the retry key several times until the scan is completed

You can also use the extract command to copy the drivers to system 32 folder from the I386 folder of the original XP CD

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Power on the PC and wait until windows loaded completely
Insert your XP CD into the CD tray. When the setup screen appeared, press exit
Press Start/run and type msconfig, press Enter key
click on Expand file butto

File to Restore: pci.sy
Restore From : X:\I38
Save File To : C:\Windows\system32\driver

Where "X" represents the letter assigned for your CD drive
Press the Expand button, follow the prompt

Afterall, reboot the PC

If the weird thing still happens, try perform a repair installation of XP
Note: just repair, NOT clean install, your data should be safe
However, it is better to backup all the important data files to the 2nd Hdd before the repair take place

How to perform a repair install of XP

Boot from the XP CD, press the Enter key to enter setup
Press F8 key to accept the licence agreement
During the setup, when prompted to press the "R" key to perform a repair installation of XP, do so
Wait and follow the prompt to complete the repair install
After successfully repaired, you need to re-install SP1 or SP1a and update all the critical patches again

Last Resort: Clean install of XP, backup all the data files to the 2nd Hdd first. It may be possible that you cannot get access to the files in the 2nd Hdd after the clean install of XP. See how to take owner ship of files as below
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q30842

Hope it helps

Pete


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Yesterday and today I've been having some preblems with my comp. I'll be just doing what im usually doing on it and then the screen goes totally black and nothing response. I'll try to restart and sometimes it wont even get that far and just give me an underscore white line. Another time before that it said that two system files were corrupt one of which being system32\drivers\pci.sys. I tried restarting again though and it was fine for 12 hours but now this morning it happened again. I've run my norton virus check and adaware numerous times and they've picked up nothing. Does someone have any answers to fix this problem

edit: another question: if i format the hardrive that windows is on and then reinstall it onto it, will my second hard drive work right off the bat without needing a reformat?
 
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