Friends,
My PC's boot file ( the hal.dll file which is there in the <system 32> folder in windows) got corrupted & I cud not boot my PC. I knew that my data was secure & I decided to boot from a windows XP SP2 CD. I followed all the instructions which were doled out by the installation wizard & I continued without formatting any partition on my HDD. After almost 50 long minutes the installation was complete & then to my utter dismay I realised that I had lost ALL the data which I had stored on my desktop. In fact, a completely new desktop interface had replaced my previous desktop. I also lost all the theme settings which I had made. Although the data in my HDD is safe ( I have 3 partitions) I realised that I cannot access the data. What I mean to say is:
1. The drive on which windows is installed shows ALL the programs in the <program files> folder which I had installed earlier, but not a single program is present in the start menu. Moreover, even if I access the program from the program files folder, they refuse to open up. Does that mean that all the data on the windows drive has corrupted? I cannot open even simple applications like winamp,WMP, yahoo messenger, Nero, zonealarm, NAV.....
2. I have lost all the drivers of my sound card & Grafix card. I realised this because I cud not hear songs even after re-installing WMP. Also, I cud not open any of my games...
3. All the rest of my data(which is on the other 2 partitions of my HDD) is safe & I can access it properly.
4. I lost all the data which was present on my previous desktop. I had a folder named "Downloads" which I had placed on my desktop & here I used to direct all my incoming downloads. Now that was a huge 3 GB folder & I have lost that now. IS there any way I can recover that folder?
5. My PC has become very very slow now. I have an AMD 3000+ proccy with a 1 GB RAM & still, the display is choppy even when I scroll thru any window. Can anyone figure out why this is happening? This particular thing worries me a lot...
6. When I press Alt+F4, I dont get the "stand by" button to click on. So, I can not put my PC on standby anymore.....
Well.....lot & lots of problems I believe. Looking forward to replies. Thanx a lot in advance...
h_kunte
My PC's boot file ( the hal.dll file which is there in the <system 32> folder in windows) got corrupted & I cud not boot my PC. I knew that my data was secure & I decided to boot from a windows XP SP2 CD. I followed all the instructions which were doled out by the installation wizard & I continued without formatting any partition on my HDD. After almost 50 long minutes the installation was complete & then to my utter dismay I realised that I had lost ALL the data which I had stored on my desktop. In fact, a completely new desktop interface had replaced my previous desktop. I also lost all the theme settings which I had made. Although the data in my HDD is safe ( I have 3 partitions) I realised that I cannot access the data. What I mean to say is:
1. The drive on which windows is installed shows ALL the programs in the <program files> folder which I had installed earlier, but not a single program is present in the start menu. Moreover, even if I access the program from the program files folder, they refuse to open up. Does that mean that all the data on the windows drive has corrupted? I cannot open even simple applications like winamp,WMP, yahoo messenger, Nero, zonealarm, NAV.....
2. I have lost all the drivers of my sound card & Grafix card. I realised this because I cud not hear songs even after re-installing WMP. Also, I cud not open any of my games...
3. All the rest of my data(which is on the other 2 partitions of my HDD) is safe & I can access it properly.
4. I lost all the data which was present on my previous desktop. I had a folder named "Downloads" which I had placed on my desktop & here I used to direct all my incoming downloads. Now that was a huge 3 GB folder & I have lost that now. IS there any way I can recover that folder?
5. My PC has become very very slow now. I have an AMD 3000+ proccy with a 1 GB RAM & still, the display is choppy even when I scroll thru any window. Can anyone figure out why this is happening? This particular thing worries me a lot...
6. When I press Alt+F4, I dont get the "stand by" button to click on. So, I can not put my PC on standby anymore.....
Well.....lot & lots of problems I believe. Looking forward to replies. Thanx a lot in advance...
h_kunte
