Ok, I'm trying to access a folder I created a few days ago where I dumped photos I took on that same day. Everytime I try to open it I get this message:



...and then the damn thing crashes. This has been happening often on my computer ever since I had to reinstall Windows XP because of the various crashes this POS endured. Now I cannot open certain folders because I get the same warning.

Let it be known that this crap is pissing me off and I am ready to throw this thing against the wall, burn it and piss on the ashes.


Anyway, what can I do? What is the problem!? Is there a program I can download that can fix this without me loosing my pictures?

Well chris i had the same prob and no one was able to tell me How to solve it, so it ended up in formating the damn HD. I hope someone will give you a better solution.

Oh man...not again!

I've been formatting the HD of this POS Dell everytime I reinstall XP and I still get this problem.

I am sick of doing this...

Open the window - and then throw your laptop out!!

Well, it's absolutely annoying. Good luck, Christian!

Looks like you have some bad clusters on your Hard Drive. Try using DEFRAG to try to repair some of the clusters and hopefully recover some of the files. After that, order a new hard drive.

Oh Chris that's a bad one and sadly virtually has no solution but the suggested above ones^^

Did u try to take it to a professional at any tech center?

This looks like you might have a partition/disk with corrupt areas or your Windows itself got corrupt (possibly due to some malware/virus).

Things to try before formatting

• If only your windows explorer (explorer.exe) is fvcked, you might (implies maybe ) still salvage your photos by opening a command promt, navigating to your problematic folder and copying your files elsewhere (ideally an external USB key or other hard disk).
• Perform a full disk partition check
  1. Right-click on drive > select properties
  2. In the tools tab > select Check Now...
  3. Check BOTH option boxes and it start (if it's a system or boot partition it'll ask you to reboot in order to perform scan, which is normal)
• Perform a full system scan with your anti-virus
• Perform a Windows repair installation

Try to salvage your photos before any repair since you'll likely lose that area of disk (if repairs are possible).

That's all that comes to mind ATM, if I think of something i'll let you know.

Ok I agree with everything said so far...

Essentially, one can try and dig around and fix things 'manually', but usually it is just faster and less hassle to back everything up, reinstall the OS, and then reinstall your apps and data and essentially start again.

Before taking that step, do a full HD scan with the likes of Ad - aware, Spybot Search and Destroy and your virus checker. It is even worthwhile to disable your current virus checker, and download one of the free ones such as AVG, and do a full system check with that as well, as some viruses are quite effective at disabling more common virus checkers such as Norton for example. You could also download and install and run one of the registry checkers - NGB reg clean is a good one. Note, apps such as adaware, spybot, and ngb are all free off the net.

Assuming you get over this hurdle and can then access your photos.. if you don't have a backup regime, then please get one. When these hassles occur with windows, just about every-time i get called in to help someone with OS problems, they never have backups and plead and beg to not erase the drive because of all their irreplaceable data on it. And sometimes you are going to lose that data if you haven't backed it up, as it becomes uneconomical to pay someone to do anything else more time consuming than a full reinstall of the OS.

Lastly, as you are a man of excellent taste with your predilection for fine automotive machinery, plan on saving some $$$ and buy yourself the equivalent of an Mercedes in the computing world, instead of that Dell/Ford equivalent - aka a Mac.

Putting aside subjective emotional issues, such as I love/hate Macs etc, the facts are that UNIX based Mac OSX is far superior to Windows based OS when it comes to reliability and stability. If the funds are not available right now, and you fancy being a bit of a geek, download the free version of Ubuntu Linux and put that on your Dell. But you do need to be a bit of a geek to get your head around that one, and if time to play with your Benz is more important, as is just getting things done with your computer as against having to constantly fix it on the run, then buy the Mac. End of problems.

Sorry to be so direct, but it's the best advice i can give, being involved in this industry, and that which I am confident will give you the long term relief to your ongoing Dell/Windows problems.

Oh, and the Mac will LOVE your Nikon D40....

Anyway Christian, I sincerely hope it helps

Kindest Regards

John...

Get a Mac!

What's up with this get a Mac wave? all my friends are getting it if not already and i'm thinking of getting the black Mc book but a bit reluctant just coz of the wave and hype goin on and it lacks the card reader.BTW did anyone try the new Toshiba satellite range? they say it's great!