Question:
Laptop Help! explorer.exe missing from HD, can not repair, please click and answer asap! - Toshiba?
incucrash
2008-05-19 18:50:07 UTC
I have a Toshiba Satellite M65-S821

The recovery disk is missing, it's a friends laptop.

Windows XP cd will NOT repair because it is asking for an administrator password.

Windows is corrupt! Several missing files, explorer.exe is completely missing from what I see. Windows starts up and all I can access is Task manager, which is very limited to do things in.

sfc /scannow does not work
it's shelled properly from what i see (shell in registry)

Is there a recovery shortcut? Tried holding F10, F11, and Zero '0' while booting....

Administrator password tools seem helpless, and do not want to pay.

Currently backing up files using a 2GB SD card, but I'd really like to install/fix windows xp WITHOUT losing data.

Does a partition work without losing data? what is a good free file to do this with?

let me know options please, give me a couple because i'm trying alot currently!
thanks
Three answers:
Jordan L
2008-05-19 19:07:23 UTC
you can do a repair install...this is not the same as the repair which asks for administrator password. insert the xp cd, run set up, follow the prompts for normal xp install...it will detect the presence of existing windows and ask you if you want to repair or install new. choose repair and wait patiently as it reinstalls the files that were corrupted...you should not lose any other data.
2008-05-19 19:17:36 UTC
To back up the partition, download a Linux Live CD and run dd. (Tutorial for dd here -> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-command-362506/ ) It's pretty much the engine for most of the programs that can image your drive, with the addition that you can mount the image and take out the individual files. (It takes a bit of study, but it's a VERY powerful tool.) If you have enough drive space somewhere, just image the whole Windows partition (or disk, if it's one large partition). The rescue version (dd rescue) can even recover damaged drives (whatever it's physically possible to recover).



Partitioning the drive will allow you to copy off the data, but you can't run the programs installed on the other partition. Repair-installing Windows is the best bet. (Reinstalling Windows completely, after a full data backup, is even better, since you get to know the new admin password.)



Maybe now is a good time to buy a 500GB Seagate Barracuda (they're under $100) and a USB kit (for about $15) to have the room to image the whole drive, and still have room to extract the data files.
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