- wininit.ini problem
- Posted by dgkusch on October 11th, 2005
When I run both Microsoft AntiSpyware to do a full system scan and Spyware
Blaster, they both get hung when coming to the file c:\windows\wininit.ini.
I tried replacing this file, renaming it, deleting it, and always get the
message, "Cannot rename wininit: data error (cyclic redundancy check)" or
something similar. I cannot open it with notepad. Then I get the message,
"Data error (cyclic redundancy check)."
What is going on, and what's the solution?
Thanks.
- Posted by David Candy on October 11th, 2005
It means the file is corrupted on disk. Make a backup and Type
chkdsk c: /f
This file is not used in XP.
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"dgkusch" <dgkusch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B346A2BA-B4A0-4191-B1B8-E73A1C689067@microsoft.com...
> When I run both Microsoft AntiSpyware to do a full system scan and Spyware
> Blaster, they both get hung when coming to the file c:\windows\wininit.ini.
>
> I tried replacing this file, renaming it, deleting it, and always get the
> message, "Cannot rename wininit: data error (cyclic redundancy check)" or
> something similar. I cannot open it with notepad. Then I get the message,
> "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)."
>
> What is going on, and what's the solution?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
- Posted by dgkusch on October 11th, 2005
Thank you. David. This solved my problem.
"David Candy" wrote:
> It means the file is corrupted on disk. Make a backup and Type
> chkdsk c: /f
>
> This file is not used in XP.
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> "dgkusch" <dgkusch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B346A2BA-B4A0-4191-B1B8-E73A1C689067@microsoft.com...
> > When I run both Microsoft AntiSpyware to do a full system scan and Spyware
> > Blaster, they both get hung when coming to the file c:\windows\wininit.ini.
> >
> > I tried replacing this file, renaming it, deleting it, and always get the
> > message, "Cannot rename wininit: data error (cyclic redundancy check)" or
> > something similar. I cannot open it with notepad. Then I get the message,
> > "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)."
> >
> > What is going on, and what's the solution?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
