wierd problem in my computer
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 by JavaFiend | Discussion: Windows XP
I had something wierd happen, and I am not sure what caused it. When I open up my computer, the c drive has no icon. When I had iconpackager loaded, it did, but nothing since I unloaded it. Also, when you double click on the c drive, the panel on the left shows video tasks.
I don't remember installing anything new or chaning anything at the time. I tried several different windowblind skins, I unloaded all stardock products, thinking that would correct it, but it is still wrong. Anyone have a thought?
I tried to load a screen shot, but I don't know how to put one in my post. If that does not make sense, I will figure it out and post it.
Thanks for any help.
I don't remember installing anything new or chaning anything at the time. I tried several different windowblind skins, I unloaded all stardock products, thinking that would correct it, but it is still wrong. Anyone have a thought?
I tried to load a screen shot, but I don't know how to put one in my post. If that does not make sense, I will figure it out and post it.
Thanks for any help.
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JavaFiend
Reply #22 Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:58 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:58 PM
Corky_O,
I just thought I would reply back, it has been a while. I kept having trouble with other things with my computer. It had ended up back with Dell and they are trying to fix it. It has the guy working on it a little confused. I don't think he even really believed me on the problems I was having (I had other stuff from what I mentioned here, plus, a whole host of new problems that arose when I tried to re-install windows. They are replacing the mother board and hopefully that will take care it things.
Thanks again for all your help on this though.
I just thought I would reply back, it has been a while. I kept having trouble with other things with my computer. It had ended up back with Dell and they are trying to fix it. It has the guy working on it a little confused. I don't think he even really believed me on the problems I was having (I had other stuff from what I mentioned here, plus, a whole host of new problems that arose when I tried to re-install windows. They are replacing the mother board and hopefully that will take care it things.
Thanks again for all your help on this though.
scorpNZ
Reply #23 Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:04 AM
Reply #23 Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:04 AM
Yeah bloody hardware sux ,it can lead you down paths where you think on your on to it then it bites ya in the ass,an issue i had last year every so often i'd get a disk read error "no disk" reinstalling windows fixed it for a few days or even a few weeks,it had me believing the hdd was on it's way out,eventually after another install i got pissed off, ripped the IDE cable off the hdd ,which broke the ide connector on the cable,replaced ide cable, problem solved turned out it was the ide cable at fault..lol..
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Reply #21 Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:34 AM
After that, I would go back into the 'My Computer > tools > folder options > file types' mentioned by Bichur and see if you somehow changed the default program to open that 'file type' (I believe it should be 'explorer.exe, but again; I am running Vista which no longer has the 'file type' section in folder options).
I messed around with this again. When I double click on a drive, it will open it up, but in a new window. Not too big of a deal. But, the c drive still shows video tasks. I tried both things you suggested. The error-checking didn't work. It gives me an error and says windows can't finish the check. I also tried the sfc /scannow. It went through the motions (took quite a while), and then finished. I did a re-boot, but all is still the same.
I don't know if it is related, but several months ago, my computer all of a sudden crashed (BSOD). I thought I was screwed. Then, all of a sudden, it booted back up. Also, every so often, my d drive disappears. Then, maybe the same day, maybe a few days later, it re-appears. Just like that.
This could be totally un-related, but maybe not. It just seems to me this computer is a little finicky. I don't know if a computer can be (dell dual core pentium, 14 months old), but it almost seems like it to me.
I'll probably back up all my extra files again, and if no one else has any other suggestions, I'll probably re-do my hard drive. That should take care of it.
Thanks again to Corky_O and others with all the help. Again, it is much appreciated.