Resolve “directory missing or corrupt” error in Windows XP
Windows operating system is popular for simplicity. It uses system32 directory for saving primary partition of Windows hard disk drive. Different crucial information say it be music, videos, documents, photos etc can be saved in computer hard drive. At times files saved in system32 directory gets damaged or goes missing, due to this problem computer fails to boot and cause total inaccessibility of data.
Take a scenario were you are making use of dual boot system. One of them is Windows XP while another one is Windows 2000. At beginning you attempted to boot system from Windows XP but it fails to boot through Windows 2000. You started receiving fatal error message again and again and when it failed to read files then following error message was prompted in the screen:
“directory missing or corrupt”
All the files present in Windows hard drive becomes totally inaccessible after above error is shown.
Cause of Error
Root cause behind above issue is damage in system32 directory.
Resolution
For fixing above corruption issue you require to repair Windows disk by following steps mentioned under:
- You need to boot you computer system by inserting CD and modifying boot sequence of system BIOS.
- After that you require to select Windows startup and accept the agreement.
- Now you need to select corrupted Windows installation and press “R” for starting repairing process. Through this procedure you will be able to complete recovery of damaged files in just few clicks.
At times due to severe Windows file system corruption files becomes totally inaccessible. To resolve this issue you require to format the Windows partition. Once you format hard drive all the corruption issues will be fixed but all data will be deleted. For restoring deleted files you require to make use of stellar data recovery. All the corrupted, deleted, missing and formatted data will be restored in just few clicks.
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