How to fix corrupted system files in windows XP and Vista

Posted On Saturday, March 22, 2008 at at 6:14 PM by wlorio  


Got corruption? There are many ways system files can become corrupted. They can come from viruses, spyware and even legitimate 3rd party applications that write to system files. There are two ways that i usually go about fixing windows corruption. The first is System File Checker, a command line tool that scans all of windows protected files and replaces the files that are in need of being replaced. To use System File Checker, open up the run command. (This can be done by clicking the "Start" button and then click on run or can be accessed by pressing the "windows logo + r")



In the Run box type "sfc /scannow" without the quotation marks and press "OK". This will start the System File Checker immediately.





At this point you may be asked for your windows installation disk if it was unable to find the files it needs on the hard drive. Once finished it will automatically close.



If the first method was unsuccessful i usually use Checkdisk. I usually have more success with process. To run checkdisk, go back to the run command and type "chkdsk c: /r" without the quotation marks.



The next screen will be a command prompt. Type in the letter y and reboot to start checkdisk.




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How to speedup SATA hard drives in Windows Vista

Posted On Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at at 2:28 PM by wlorio  

Did you know that you can increase the performance of your Sata hard drives in Windows Vista? But before we do, there are some warnings to this tweak that you should be aware of. This tweak increases the SATA hard drive performance by sending data directly to the hard drives cache where it stays until it is written to the hard drive. This can be a problem if your computer loses power, as this will cause all data still in the hard drives cache to be deleted before it gets a chance to write the data to the hard drive resulting in data loss. Because of this reason I only recommend that you use this tweak if your computer is on a battery backup system.

Ok lets get started. Click on th "Start" button and then click on "Control Panel". Under Control Panel look for and click on "Device Manager".

After opening up Device Manager click on Disk drives to expand all the drives on your computer and look for your SATA hard in the list of available drives.


The next step is to right click on the SATA drive that you would like to increase performance and click on "Properties".

Once the properties come up look for and click on the tab labeled "Policies".
The last step is to click on "Enable advanced performance" and then click "OK" to close the window out.
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