Before doing anything I suggest running a disk imaging app, and set it to ignore bad sectors (Ghost allows this in its advanced options). Also, I would do a separate file-by-file disk-to-disk backup. Only then would I try to effect any kind of repair - been burned too many times in the past to not do that any more.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Jarvis > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Windows repair options? > > > Vince Teachout wrote: > > I had some hard drive sectors go bad on me, and (seem to have) > > successfully recovered them with spinrite. Some of the files on those > > sectors were damaged though, and I keep getting an error on startup > > about General Hosting services failing. Problem is, I don't know what > > file that is. Is there some way to have windows (XP, SP2) check and > > repair system files? Thanks! > > > > > Check the MS KB for info on "Windows Recovery Console". It's pretty > straightforward, but honestly I'm not sure it's 100% effective (maybe my > problem lied elsewhere)... > > Matthew S. Jarvis > IT Manager > Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." > www.bikefriday.com > 541/687-0487 x140 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
