Windows Corrupt file message question

Quote from Bob111:

i'm not an expert,but could it be BIOS problem? i mean if he can't get CD drive to work and boot from any CD. or it could be that boot up from CD was disabled in bios?
anyway-your starting point is to figure out CD drive and make sure it's not dead.

once you are able to boot up from your OS cd- i would try to rewrite MBR.

http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-mbr-xp-vista/

if you planning to use another PC and give up on this one(imo-10 years old-not worth a hassle)
what i would do-take out hard drive and put it into external disclosure and then-connect to new PC and just move all files that you need. simple. for this particular reason i always keep all sort of external enclosures(which i typically buy on black friday,when they are dirt cheap)
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If I pull the drive and put it in a new machine, not as a main drive, would I be able to pull files off of it? It is the main drive in the Dell, ie the Windows XP drive. I have another internal drive that I backed up pictures on which I will pull. If I can just pull the main HD and stilll access the other files I'll do it now. I didn't think I could access the files though without access to Windows first.
The only other files I might really need would be the damn Outlook Express ones. They are backed up, but at this point I can't access them through Acronis.
 
if you absolutely sure that you don't have any virus on this old Pc-then yes,you can install it as second hard drive(assuming that on new PC windows is already installed)

doesn't matter,if you have windows on both drives. PC is set to boot up from HD you bought it with.
you can find info on internet about how to get your files from outlook
 
You bring up my main worry as to whether this failure is a failure, or one of my sons who was on the computer last and shut it down last night. When I see boot issue I worry he got into something. Other than yelling at him, it is to late now.
 
Quote from Scataphagos:

Porn sites are notorious for corruption... of all kinds. :D
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Yea, yea it was my son, I wasn't doing that stuff, yea the kid did it. :D :D :D
Actually I was in getting after him regularly about wasting time on YouTube, and am pretty sure he isn't the problem.
 
Quote from Scataphagos:

Porn sites are notorious for corruption... of all kinds. :D
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hey...redtube and porntube are fairly safe :p
even playboy agree
i visit them from time to time(but i do that on separate PC,sitting on separate network with my antivirus on full alert) :p
 
Quote from Bob111:

hey...redtube and porntube are fairly safe :p
even playboy agree
i visit them from time to time(but i do that on separate PC,sitting on separate network with my antivirus on full alert) :p
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I'll have to tell my buddy... he keeps hosing up his computer with that sort of thing.
:D
 
bought galaxy tab 2 and when i try to get there-it won't let me. also-no flash support on it(have to use some workaround)
and on top of that-when you use google search-it won't display those porn sites :p damn! total control country!
 
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