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Processor Scheduling, my Computer is on its Deathbed
Sorry for the previous post, not used to this
keyboard (I use a Natural.) I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with a 2.53 gig P4 processor, an 80 and a 120 gig hard drive, 512 megs of RDRAM, and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I was reading a tweaking guide for gaming on a site (I've forgotten the URL.) and changed the processor scheduling from "Background Tasks" to "Current Program." I believe it was current Program, anyway. Since I would have to restart, I left it on, and turned it off when I went to bed. I came back home and turned it on, but when it "booted" I got the infamous Core Dump error. I tried to reboot quite a few times, and eventually tried Safe Mode, which also gave me a core dump. I then used "Last Known good Configuration." It booted, but I couldn't see or use any of my files. Just in case, I tried to back up My Documents onto my 120 gig hard drive, but the folder was completely empty. All of the folders seemed to be empty (even looking at them using the command prompt.) Frustrated, I shut it down and put in my Knoppix (Linux) CD to check my files, and they are, in fact, all there. I still couldn't back up any files (most of them are already backed up, but I have some school files that I'd prefer to keep around until the end of the year.) While I was in Windows, I tried to get back into the Control Panel and reset my processor scheduling, but it couldn't find the crucial .dll it needed (inadequate system resources.) Any files that I can see can't be opened because I don't have adequate system resources. I have a Windows XP upgrade CD, and tried to use the Repair function, but couldn't open any files on the D:\ drive. I also tried to boot from the CD, but got a Core Dump. I attempted to use WINE in knoppix to run the setup.exe from the CD (I didn't really think this world work, but it couldn't really do much harm.) That is all I've got so far, and I *am* able to boot the computer using Knoppix-STD (Security Tools Distribution) and look at all my files normally. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have two computers, but of course one is dead and the other refuses to connect to our LAN (it's an old 98 machine,) so excuse me if I don't reply promptly. |
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Processor Scheduling, my Computer is on its Deathbed
Hello,
Changing the processor schduling from background tasks to programs should definatly not cause the problems that you are describing. Perhaps there is somthing else that you changed as well. Or maybe you computer was infected with somthing. Please post more on what else if anything you did to your computer. - Steve Sinchak TweakXP.com wrote in message ... Sorry for the previous post, not used to this keyboard (I use a Natural.) I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with a 2.53 gig P4 processor, an 80 and a 120 gig hard drive, 512 megs of RDRAM, and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I was reading a tweaking guide for gaming on a site (I've forgotten the URL.) and changed the processor scheduling from "Background Tasks" to "Current Program." I believe it was current Program, anyway. Since I would have to restart, I left it on, and turned it off when I went to bed. I came back home and turned it on, but when it "booted" I got the infamous Core Dump error. I tried to reboot quite a few times, and eventually tried Safe Mode, which also gave me a core dump. I then used "Last Known good Configuration." It booted, but I couldn't see or use any of my files. Just in case, I tried to back up My Documents onto my 120 gig hard drive, but the folder was completely empty. All of the folders seemed to be empty (even looking at them using the command prompt.) Frustrated, I shut it down and put in my Knoppix (Linux) CD to check my files, and they are, in fact, all there. I still couldn't back up any files (most of them are already backed up, but I have some school files that I'd prefer to keep around until the end of the year.) While I was in Windows, I tried to get back into the Control Panel and reset my processor scheduling, but it couldn't find the crucial .dll it needed (inadequate system resources.) Any files that I can see can't be opened because I don't have adequate system resources. I have a Windows XP upgrade CD, and tried to use the Repair function, but couldn't open any files on the D:\ drive. I also tried to boot from the CD, but got a Core Dump. I attempted to use WINE in knoppix to run the setup.exe from the CD (I didn't really think this world work, but it couldn't really do much harm.) That is all I've got so far, and I *am* able to boot the computer using Knoppix-STD (Security Tools Distribution) and look at all my files normally. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have two computers, but of course one is dead and the other refuses to connect to our LAN (it's an old 98 machine,) so excuse me if I don't reply promptly. |
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Processor Scheduling, my Computer is on its Deathbed
I can't remember anything else I did (all of my other
tweaking that night was in Battlefield 1942's .con files.) I could very well had been infected with something, and the restart could've caused whatever it was to take effect. Thanks. -----Original Message----- Hello, Changing the processor schduling from background tasks to programs should definatly not cause the problems that you are describing. Perhaps there is somthing else that you changed as well. Or maybe you computer was infected with somthing. Please post more on what else if anything you did to your computer. - Steve Sinchak TweakXP.com |
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