On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:03:53 -0500, JS wrote:
> I am still trying to figure out how. I looked on the cd,and it wanted to
> reinstall, does the cd have a repair feature on it so I don't have to
> reinstall?
They used to. I have no idea about current DVDs.
You have to watch all the options as they go by and pick the correct one.
It's documented somewhere, but I don't have a link. Google for "Windows
Repair Installation". Note that you have to type an R to get there, but, in
order to create confusion, there are two unrelated places where R is a
choice, and they are *not* the same. I know because I've chosen the wrong
one
> Jim
>
>
> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
>> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:46:04 -0500, JS wrote:
>>
>>> Nil,
>>> I will try to get a complete path of that file. In the meantime, I did F8
>>> again and ran the "repair the computer" and again everything came out
>>> successful. Is this the same as chkdsk? Could it be missing this spot?
>>
>> Repair and chkdsk are completely different. Repair replaces files and
>> registry stuff. Chkdsk works on the underlying file system and hardware.
>>
>> You need to run chkdsk.
>>
>>> JS
>>>
>>> "Nil" wrote in message
>>
>>>> On 26 Mar 2010, "JS" wrote in
>>>> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>>>>
>>>>> I thought what I wrote is the path. What else do I need to
>>>>> include? If the file is a font,and I don't use it, could I just
>>>>> delete it? Or would this problem show up on another file in the
>>>>> same location?
>>>>
>>>> The path you mentioned is incomplete. Here's the path to my copy of
>>>> the file - it may be the same as yours:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-kartika_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_07f55da51be87b32\kartika.ttf
>>>>
>>>> You can probably get away without that font, but it may be used by
>>>> the system, so you might need to replace it later. I don't know for
>>>> sure. You also might find that Windows replaces it with a backup
>>>> copy. That would be OK if it did.
>>>>
>>>> You also might find that once you eliminate that file, that your
>>>> scan hangs on a different file that is also stored in that bad area.
>>>> You need to do a successful CHKDSK as soon as possible so that bad
>>>> physical spots on the disk will be flagged as such and won't be used
>>>> by the system any more.
>>>>
>>>>> I'll start trying your other ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>
>>
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>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
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