Corrupt attribute record windows xp

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Please remember to be considerate of other members. All submitted content is subject to our Terms Of Use. I have managed, with Dr Watson and observing the lock-up, to tie it down to searches on a particular folder. I copied the files to a USB and did the same search, with the same fault.

I assume therefore that it's a file attribute and not a disk fault. I read another post, where the member did the same as me and apparently had no responses.

Does anybody know a program that can check for corrupt files without trying to open every file in the folder? Share Flag. All Answers. If checkdisk is saying that it has not found any errors, and the same segment keeps coming up then the drive is pretty much toast.

However if even Hiren's cannot access the drive, which means that the drive is defective, it may not work as an external drive either. I've read other similar threads regarding this same issue and some threads recommended to repost one's issue with specific details.

This is my issue with as much detail as possible:. At startup my computer displays a black screen NEVER transitions to the blue windows start up screen. The error is ntoskrnl. Reinstalling file is recommended.

I'm not able to get my computer running to try any of the solutions posted in other posts about this same issue. Antivirus and anti malware: Norton with recent updates. Computer was properly shut down from the start up menu by clicking shut down and windows updates were installed prior to computer powering off after installing updates. I do not have genuine bootable XP installation cds, but may have a XP disc.

At start up, the screen is black and an error message states ntoskrnl. If all went well at start up, I should be seeing the blue windows start up screen, but the black screen never transitions to the blue screen. My computer was working fine two days ago. When I started up my computer, a black screen is all I see and after a few minutes of black, the error meesage ntoskrnl missing or corrupt appears in the upper right corner.

A friend said that downloading the ntoskrnl. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 8. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Here's how to make a bootable xp recovery console cd Courtesy of JoseIbarra You need to start by booting into the XP Recovery Console using a CD you can make no XP media required and run a chkdsk with error correction enough times until it runs clean and if that doesn't work, you can create a new boot.

Here's how: Use the XP Recovery Console to verify the file system on your HDD and correct any problems and then try to boot your system - this may be all you need to do. Attribute record 80, "" corrupt file segments Keep getting a message that I need to restart to repair something. Errors found. Thanks for responding. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?

Thanks for your interest and assistance! So I rebooted the the disk's platters kept spining up and slowing down and it sounded like the arm was moving back and forth too. So I took it out and I put it into my brother's crappy Mhz computer and the event viewer said "The filesyatem on the drive D: is corrupt and unusable please run chkdsk" so I did and it fixed the "mirror copy of the security data stream"What the heck is that!?!

Anyways, I did get my hdd up and running so it is stable right now but I have a new type of corruption on my drive Security data stream and attribute record are part of the file system metadata, the first codes who can deal how with a file, the second is how it is displayed etc. To all but the most expensive recovery work.

Middle-aged to senior. Get your data off, reformat that partition and see how it performs with new and non-sensitive stuff. I'll do another back-up soon before I re-format Until then, I'll keep this thread as 'unsolved' in case I need more help! Thnak-you to everyone who has posted so far! New problem! I have yet to format but I think I will soon! I can't use Disk Defragmenter now Appaerently I don't have sufficent privliges to use it even though I am my own computer's admin I checked the security and regisrty and I have full control over it, and I even check its MD5 checksum and it is the same as my brother's Has corruption caused this?

I have finnally re-installed Windows XP Home and it works fine! LOG file has an invalid size. Is my hard drive writing corrupted data?

LOG files and prefetch files always have either an 'invalid size' or 'the first allocation unit is invalid' This confirmes that I need a new hdd right? A full format might recover the hard drive. You will have to to a complete reinstall to do that tho!