System 32 missing or corrupt

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Jan - Feb 15, 2010 at 06:39 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Feb 15, 2010 at 07:06 PM
Hello,
Old 2001 Gateway I need to run an embroidery machine. Reads System 32 missing or corrupt.
How can I fix this? Screen is black and white. Cannot access windows.

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,826
Feb 15, 2010 at 07:06 PM
It might be a defective hard drive - after 8/9 years of use. Replacing the hard drive will require re-installing Windows and all other software. It would have been a wise idea to buy a software package that made a backup image of your hard drive. Then you could have just loaded the image on a new hard drive.

Some of the data may still be readable on the existing hard drive if you are lucky. You could install it as a secondary ( D drive) after you load Windows on the new C drive.

Good Luck
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