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[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc, The way chkdsk behaved with the last tool we tried means that the HDD was not recognized in the NTBR environment. I'm looking for a possible solution. Thanks for your patience.

[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc,


Lets rule out the possiblity of a harddrive problem. You can use the Seagate diagnostics which will work on Maxtor. (Seagate owns Maxtor) HERE

Use the one for DOS. There is also a link there for a tutorial for not only using the tool but how to create the CD or floppy version. If you use the one for a floppy disk you should be able to save the log to the floppy.

Just run the short test for now.

[lthsinc]

I was able to burn to CD and boot from that, and I took a picture of the screen so you can see the log. Hope that helps.

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[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc, At least we can comunicate with the HD. Please run the long test and report anything it finds. Thanks

[lthsinc]

ok, get back to you soon.

[oldman960]

[lthsinc]

Ran the full test, it seemed to have made one repair, then passed. I've attached pic of log.

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[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc, Have you tried running chkdsk since the repair either from the Recovery Console or from the drive's tools?

[lthsinc]

Yes, sorry I meant to include that, I did try to run chkdsk, through the command window, and it said it would run on the next startup, but it still no go.

[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc, I haven't been ignoring you or forgotten you. I've been trying to find something we haven't tried. Given the problems you are having with chkdsk, the occasional restart at startup and the inability to install SP3 have you considered backing up your data and reinstalling windows? I don't know if the file association problem had anything to do with SP3 failure or not. There's no way of telling how long the associations have been messed up and I'm not certain if windows uses that type of files for the update.

[lthsinc]

Not sure, the chkdsk thing has happened before where it will work, then not work, then work again, obviously right now it's in an uncooperative mood. The computer has never been able to take the SP3 update, so don't know what's up with that, but I've never had a file association issue, only came up when you mentioned it, so can't say how that started. In fact the only file that I've ever had a problem with was the dds file, but that seemed to have downloaded as a screen saver file. In any case, that issue got resolved as well, as it finally worked. So not really sure what's the deal either. Will try the chkdsk again, see if it's in an on-again mood, will let you know. Thanks for all your help.

[oldman960]

Hi

DDS by default downloads as a .scr file. That was one of the file associations that was set incorrectly. It was set to open in notepad so when you tried to run DDS the file was opening in notepad instead of running.

You should still have SystemLook on your computer.

• Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
• Copy the content of the following codebox into the main textfield
• Do not copy the word CODE , please note the script starts with the :
  

  :reg
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSE
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSEFile /s
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile /s
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.VBE
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile /s

• Click the Look button to start the scan.
• When finished, a notepad window will open with the results of the scan. Please post this log in your next reply.

Note: The log can also be found on your Desktop entitled SystemLook.txt

[lthsinc]

Here you go: SystemLook 04.09.10 by jpshortstuff Log created at 08:26 on 28/01/2011 by TEST Administrator - Elevation successful ========== reg ========== [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSE] @="JSEFile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JSEFile] (Unable to open key - key not found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs] @="VBSFile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs\PersistentHandler] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile] @="VBScript Script File" "FriendlyTypeName"="@%SystemRoot%\System32\wshext.dll,-4802" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\WScript.exe,2" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ScriptEngine] @="VBScript" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ScriptHostEncode] @="{85131631-480C-11D2-B1F9-00C04F86C324}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Edit] @="&Edit" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Edit\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\Notepad.exe %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open] @="&Open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open\Command] @="NOTEPAD.EXE %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open2] @="Open &with Command Prompt" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open2\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\CScript.exe "%1" %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Print] @="&Print" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Print\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\Notepad.exe /p %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ShellEx] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ShellEx\DropHandler] @="{60254CA5-953B-11CF-8C96-00AA00B8708C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\WSHProps] @="{60254CA5-953B-11CF-8C96-00AA00B8708C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.VBE] @="VBEFile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile] @="VBScript Encoded Script File" "FriendlyTypeName"="@%SystemRoot%\System32\wshext.dll,-4803" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\WScript.exe,2" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\ScriptEngine] @="VBScript.Encode" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Edit] @="&Edit" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Edit\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\Notepad.exe %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open] @="&Open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open\Command] @="NOTEPAD.EXE %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open2] @="Open &with Command Prompt" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open2\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\CScript.exe "%1" %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Print] @="&Print" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Print\Command] @="%SystemRoot%\System32\Notepad.exe /p %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\ShellEx] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\ShellEx\DropHandler] @="{60254CA5-953B-11CF-8C96-00AA00B8708C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers] (No values found) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\WSHProps] @="{60254CA5-953B-11CF-8C96-00AA00B8708C}" -= EOF =-

[oldman960]

Hi lthsinc,

First create a registry fix.

Open a new Notepad session

• Click the Start button, click run
• in the run box type notepad
• click ok
• In the notepad, Click "Format" and be certain that Word Wrap is not checked.
  
• Copy and paste all the text in the code box below into the Notepad. Do Not copy the word CODE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open\Command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,53,00,\
  63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,\
  00,22,00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open\Command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,53,00,\
  63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,\
  00,22,00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSEFile\Shell\Open\Command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,53,00,\
  63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,\
  00,22,00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00

• Ensure there is no space above the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00.
• ensure the text matches including the space between lines
• in notepad go to FILE > SAVE AS and in the dropdown box, set the top box SAVE IN to DESKTOP
• in the FILE NAME box type (including the " " marks), "fix.reg"

Click save.

This will create a fix.reg file on your desktop

To use this file you will need to right click the icon and select merge, accept the warning if it appears and you are done.


Next

• Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
• Copy the content of the following codebox into the main textfield
• Do not copy the word CODE , please note the script starts with the :
  

  :reg
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs\PersistentHandler 
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell\Open\Command
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open\Command
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSEFile\Shell\Open\Command

• Click the Look button to start the scan.
• When finished, a notepad window will open with the results of the scan. Please post this log in your next reply.

[lthsinc]

Done, and done. Here you go: SystemLook 04.09.10 by jpshortstuff Log created at 12:48 on 31/01/2011 by TEST Administrator - Elevation successful ========== reg ========== [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.v bs\PersistentHandler] @="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b 579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\V BEFile\Shell\Open\Command ] @="%SystemRoot%\System 32\WScript.exe "%1" %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\V BSFile\Shell\Open\Command ] @="%SystemRoot%\System 32\WScript.exe "%1" %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\J SEFile\Shell\Open\Command ] @="%SystemRoot%\System 32\WScript.exe "%1" %*" -= EOF =-