cant access anything on my hardrive

[speedfreak1984]

ok here is the problem i restarted my computer and now i cannot access anything on my hardrive if i try to open a program i get the message "windows cannot find c:/" and then the program am tryin to open the weird thing is other people on my network can still access all my files without getting this message.
if i trygoing to properties on the desktop i get the messgae "windows cannot find rundll32.exe" please can someone help me i am really stuck

[scouse]

Ok as long as you ahve your disc this should help you out.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812340

[scouse]

Also you should check for a virus..For why this happened if you yourself never amde any changes..

[speedfreak1984]

ok mate i have tried that and typed in expand X:\i386\rundll32.ex_ c:\windows\rundll32.exe in the run dialog box and it says that windows cannot find expand ? any other ideas i really dont wanna have to reload windows av got abt 80 gig of stuff on my hardrive i cant run my anti virus checker to see if i have a virus cuz it says it cant find it
its doin ma head in other people on our home network can access all these files but not me? please can someone help :,(

[scouse]

Ok i know there is a much simp-ler answer out there to your problem i just do not know it..I can tell you to do a repair what will happen is XP will restore you computer back to the way it was you will lose nothing all your information will still be the same except you will have install service pack 1 and other updates again as it deletes the updates.

Also doing this can result in some lost data but it has always been fine for me..
If you want to try it then follow these instructions.

Reboot computer with the XP disc in the drive follow the onscreen instructions you get as if you were installing xp.

When you get to the point were it asks you do want to reinstall Xp or repair choose INSTALL, don't worry next screen gives you the choice of a repair again. when it does now you choose the repair option. It will look like XP is being reinstalling but what it is doing is checking for any faults and repairing what it finds. You will be asked to put in your serial number 25 digit.. When it is finished you will find that your XP is fine again minus the service pack 1 and any other microsoft updates..Just reinstall those.

Be warned you can lose some data, but it has always been fine for me..

[speedfreak1984]

thanks mate i will give this a try and then let u no how i got on
i Know there is a simple answer lol its annoying tho

[speedfreak1984]

no luck mate it says it cannot fnd the rundll32 half thru the repair so am gonna reload windows instead i cant be bothered messin no more thanks for trying tho

[Parky50]

Hey Speedfreak,

I'm going to try this from Snowmonkey, it might help ya ???

Originally posted by snowmonkey
here is the answer for you, you have go to this site
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/?PHPSESS...4cb6434286f77e
there is a tool called PE builder, then you download it and use your own windows xp CD to make a custom windows PE which is supporting ntfs natively, you boot with that CD and it gives you access to you hard drive, then you can move files between hards easily, there are ton's of plug-in's you can get for it, such as browser or drive cloner

Cheers

Good Luck !!!

Mike

[speedfreak1984]

thanx mate but i have reloaded windows thanx for looking it up tho