Re: [PCWorks] What causes corrupt files?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:01:22 -0500
Naaa, I guess I should but I *personally* have never had that
happen before. At least not to my knowledge that I noticed
just after defrag'ing. I don't use the Native XP utility, I
use Diskeeper which is a bit "safer". The incidence of that
has gone down since Win98, but still possible.
I *NEVER* advise anyone to do a "G search" (long story ;-), but
I have advised doing "a search", but I don't recall that
specific incident. I think it may have been about Norton and
KAV? If so, the explanation is here, 3rd paragraph:
//www.freelists.org/post/pcworks/PCWorks-cannot-connect-to-internet
-Clint
God Bless,
Clint Hamilton, Owner
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Powell"
Clint, if Defrag can cause a file to corrupt, do you do a
restore point before you Defrag?
Also, on a previous post, you advised the poster to do a Google
search to find a utility to remove a program from their hard
drive. What's wrong with the Add/Remove program that comes with
Windows?
Thanks
-jim
--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Peter Kaulback <> wrote:
And the upgrade isn't a true upgrade either, as it wipes your
drive and
starts fresh anyways, it supposedly just requires your xp key
only.
Peter Kaulback
On 9/16/2009 1:27 AM, Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> Improper shut down is a common cause, as well as shock and
> power surges.
> Maybe impure thoughts, also.
> Win 7 pricing is here:
> http://www.microsoftstore.com/s/windows7?WT.mc_id=pointitsem_win7_generic&WT.srch=1
> $120.00 to $220.00
> No upgrades are available from XP. Clean install only, but
> you can use
> the upgrade version.
> 1 GB RAM minimum.
> http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-7-Home-Premium-Upgrade/product/B0F9E641
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:58 PM, James
> Powell<jpowel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> A while back I had a problem with a hal.dll file that went
>> bad. I guess I didn't have the expertise to fix it, and
>> eventually reformatted my whole hard drive. My question is
>> what causes files to corrupt in the first place. Just from
>> reading this list, I know that adding and removing software
>> is one cause. But at that time I hadn't added or removed any
>> software. The only thing that I can think of, is that around
>> that time, I turned off my computer without giving Windows a
>> chance to shut down, could that be a cause?
>>
>> Also, is there a monetary cost to upgrade from XP to Windows
>> 7, if so how much. What is the minimum RAM requirement for
>> 7?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -jim
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