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Defrag.exe
Name: Marty Date: December 14, 2000 at 15:56:12 Pacific
Comment:
I was defraging my c:/ drive and it kept restarting. I went to my system tools repair kit and scanned the defrag. It said I had two bad files do I want them repaired. I clicked yes. Now I get C:/windows/Defrag.exe not a valid WIN32 application? Do I need to install Fat32 to get it running?
Name: ???? Date: December 14, 2000 at 16:43:44 Pacific
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Looks like at least one of the files deleted was a system file. I would reinstall Windows over your present system.
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Response Number 2
Name: KJ Date: December 14, 2000 at 17:15:28 Pacific
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re-install windows???? give me a break! just re-install the system tools from your cd.
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Response Number 3
Name: Date: December 14, 2000 at 18:39:21 Pacific
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Judging by your post the problem is that there isn't any OS, at least that's worth mentioning anyway. I hope that someday people will realize the importance of, at the very least, listing the OS & version. If it's w98 1st or later, run sfc.
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Response Number 4
Name: (**) Date: December 14, 2000 at 18:40:51 Pacific
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re-install system tools???? give me a break! If that fixes it I'll eat my shorts!
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Response Number 5
Name: curious Date: December 14, 2000 at 19:05:17 Pacific
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I'd like to know what "system tools repair kit" there is that would "scanned the defrag" and then say anything about "bad files do I want them repaired"
sfc sure doesn't fix files an antivirus would attempt but a virus in defrag besides whatever was used to "scan defrag" found 2 files!!
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Response Number 6
Name: Bessy Lou Date: December 14, 2000 at 21:25:27 Pacific
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I don't care for that dang system tools repair kit (oh my gosh - I didn't even reinstall it when I reformatted my harddrive - I hate it that much hehe)! First, do you possibly have a nice recent backup of your system? You could restore from the backup and fix your problem(s). If not that, have you tried reinstalling just that file? Try using the System File Checker under System Information/System Tools/ and check extract one from installation disk. Put your windows 98 cd in and specify defrag.exe in the spot to specify what file you'd like to restore. Then where to restore from - specify the location of the file. On the 98 cd, it is in the Win98_40.cab File DEFRAG EXE 253,952 05-11-98 8:01p.
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