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Solve : Using Dos to Restore "File 32" in Windows? |
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Answer» HEY, all, My grandmother's computer CRASHED and says "file 32" is corrupted. It will not even reboot Windows from the CD/DVD DRIVE. It will, however, go to the DOS prompt when a DOS disk is inserted into the floppy drive. (Maybe there is more problem here than just the "file 32", since the CD drive seems broken, too. So...my mom is fixing it and says she's got a DOS prompt, but has no idea what to do with it. Neither do I, not having used DOS prompts in years, and I'd like to know...is there a way to "uncorrupt" that "file 32" in Windows from the DOS prompt? If not, is there a way to tell it to READ the Windows boot disk in the CD drive using the DOS prompt? (We'd RATHER just uncorrupt the file 32 or re-install only that one file so she doesn't lose her data by reloading the OS, but as a last resort, reloading the OS would be okay. There's just a few pictures she would like to save if possible, which is why just fixing the file is better than re-loading.) Thanks! you cannot access the windows partition from a DOS floppy because DOS only supports FAT-16; windows uses NTFS, and, in some cases FAT-32. in order to boot from a windows CD to run windows repair double-check the boot settings in your BIOS and confirm that the CD-drive is set to be first in the boot order. |
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