Why "The pdf file file is damaged and could not be repaired when dragged or copied from windows 7 remote machine to xp local system instead it shows the following error message :

Do you have access to your old XP machine, the easiest way for you would be instead of tinkering around with drivers, filesystems, recovery programs. Boot up your XP machine, map a shared drive to your new windows 7 computer and copy the files over. If you do not have access to the old computer, let me know.

let me say you first that this is a common problem with windows 7. i am not blaming windows 7 for it if your computer is not compatible run it.even the computers having very good configuration is facing this problem.so it is my suggestion if you like rather switch over to windows xp sp 3 which will not cause these problems.actually windows 7 needs too much of graphics and thus it makes those computers slow which does not provide it with enough graphics and enough ram(i would like to say that computers with 500GB hard disk and 4GB ram also suffers this problem.)

Hi, you need to re-install the operating system (OS). If you need the back up, copy the files in your Desktop & My Documents (because these items are in C drive) to another drive. After that insert windows 7 CD in your drive & restart the machine. Press F12, it'll shows the boot order. Select CD drive. OR change the boot order in BIOS. After restarting It'll shows PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD. press any key & continue your job.

Warning : Pls make sure that you are installing the OS in to the 'C' drive, otherwise you will lost your back up.

I think this is the exact error : Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate

CAUSE
This issue can occur if the System or Software hive for the Windows XP installation is missing or damaged.

RESOLUTION:

To resolve this issue, please follow one of the following methods.

Use the Recovery Console Tool:

To restore a damaged registry hive, use the Recovery Console to restore the backup copy of the hive from the Repair folder. The Repair folder contains a copy of the system's registry hives that were created after the first successful startup of Windows XP.

WARNING : Although data should not be affected by the following procedure, you may need to restore changes you previously made to programs or system settings since the first time you successfully started Windows XP.

To replace the damaged registry hive and restore the backup copy of the hive from the Repair folder: Start your computer to the Recovery Console. You need your original XP CD, boot your PC from the CD and press R when it say 'Press 'R' to use recovery console.


In Recovery Console, change to the c:\Windows folder.

Type cd system32\config , and then press ENTER.

Type dir system , and then press ENTER.

If you cannot run the preceding command successfully (because the file is missing), skip to step 3. If you can run the preceding command successfully, type ren system system.bak , and then press ENTER.

Type copy c:\windows\repair\system , and then press ENTER.

NOTE : If the message that you received referred to the software file, replace "system" with "software" in the preceding command. For example, you would type copy c:\windows\repair\software (instead of copy c:\windows\repair\system ), and then press ENTER.

You should receive a "One file copied" informational message. For additional information about how to use Recovery Console during startup, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q307654 HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP

IMPORTANT : If you encounter problems when you run the preceding commands, you may need to use the Change Directory command ( cd ) one folder at a time before you run the preceding commands. For example, type cd system32 , press ENTER, type cd config , and then press ENTER.

Type exit , and then press ENTER to quit Recovery Console and restart the computer.

i understand this looks a litle daunting, please get back to me if you have any trouble with this.

NTLDR fail is either corrupt files or a bad disk drive. Check my tip for how to repair software. If it is a hardware error, don't use the computer and get it to a local shop that can recover your data and replace your disk drive.
My tip: http://www.fixya.com/support/r6101870-windows_xp_failed_start_because_recent
If this answers your question, I'd appreciate 4 thumbs. I do this for fun and do not get paid.
Jim

hi You need to get a Windows XP from someone and follow these instructions: Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE
1. Insert and boot from your Windows XP CD. 2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key 3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair. Typically this will be #1 4. Enter in the administrator password when requested 5. cd \windows\system32\config 6. Depending on which section was corrupted: ren software software.bad or ren system system.bad 7. Depending on which section was corrupted copy \windows\repair\system copy \windows\repair\software 8. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

The reason it's not showing up in XP is because microsoft made updates to drive handling in Windows 7.

The disk is in essence too "advanced for XP"

Your best solution is to copy the data off the drive onto the windows 7 machine, then format the drive using windows XP. Once formatted, copy your files back onto the drive from the windows 7 computer and both will be able to share the drive.

Hope this helps FixYa,

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0) Your hard drive is corrupted by improper shut down,
or the hardware may be physically damaged by
by a power spike.

1) Reboot the machine with hard reset, and press the BIOS
key during the memory test.

Typically this is the DEL key most machines but it could
be F1 or some other key, so if DEL does not get you into
the BIOS, check you system manual or experiment.

2) Once you are in the BIOS settings screen, look for a
TAB or settings page for changing the BOOT priority
for installed devices.

3) Make sure that your CD-ROM drive is FIRST in line, before
the hard drive, but leave the hard disk boot enabled

4) If you do this correctly your system should firs try to boot
from the CD, and only try the disk if the CD is not in the
machine.

5) Now reboot the machine from the original Windows setup
CD, and let it do its thing, until you get to a prompt
asking you id you want to RE-INSTALL Windows or
try to REPAIR the installation using a RESCUE DISK

for now, choose INSTALL, and accept the user license
contract.

6) Proceed with the installation (only) until you get another
prompt, asking you if wish wish to repair the system
using the

WINDOWS RECOVERY CONSOLE

7) Chose the recovery console !!!

(do not continue with a new install)

8) After windows finishes loading, you will be looking
at a black and white text screen, similar to DOS.

9) You may have to login with the administrator password.

10) If your master administator password is lost or unavailable,
and if you are using windows XP, try to get it with
and older Windows 2000 installation disk instead,
This should get you beyond the windows XP password
security and function the same as XP.

11) Once you are logged into the recovery console, you
can try to repair the master boot record on the damaged
disk:

12) Type FixMBR at the command prompt

for more info read this Microsoft article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314503

13) If this does not work, then the Windows partition is
corrupt. The problem is that most tools needed to repair
NTFS require Windows to run, and Windows will NOT run
if the boot partition is bad.

14) To get around this problem, you can install a second
hard drive in you machine, and install a parallel copy
of windows on it.

or if your existing drive is partioned, you could use
a tool like Norton's Partition Magic to adjust the partitions,
such that you could make a new partition for the parallel
copy of windows there, put keep in mind that you Partition
Magic will NOT alter any partition that is damaged, so
you may have a Catch 22 situation.

15) Once you have a parallel copy of windows installed on the
machine, you can use a multitude of tools to try to repair
the damage hard drive, MBR, partition tables, partion boot
records, the file system ... etc

At this point you can also replace key windows system files
by copying them over from good windows to the bad.

16) There are also (expensive) commercial utilities for
recovering corrupted disks. NTFS is more expensive to
recover than FAT

17) Finally is non of the above works, you can sent your
drive back to the manufacturer or a professional
recovery lab, this cost $2000 to $3000 though.

18) Not all drives can be recovered fully, depending on how
bad the damage is.


19) If the hard-drive electronics are damaged from a power
spike, it is often possible to service the hard drive by
replacing its circuit board, from an identical model,
because the data is probably still intact. An electronic
tech can easily do this. This is cheap.

20) Always run you computer from a UPS, uninteruptable
power supply (battery backed up) to prevent such
problems in the future.


Hope this helps

Martin

Transferring files via Windows
Explorer (Drag-and-Drop)
In Windows XP (with Windows Media
Player 10 or above installed)
In Windows XP and when Windows Media Player10 is installed, the player is connected to the
computer in MTP mode. In the Windows Explorer,when the player is opened, the “Data” and
“Media” views will be displayed for the player.The Data folder is used to manage data content
on the player, such as text files. The Media folderis used to manage media content supported by
the player for playback, such as mp3 and wma.You can copy files to the player through Windows
Explorer (drag-and-drop). Picture files should be copied to the “Media” folder for viewing while
video files can not be dragged and copied to the “Media” folder directly as only .SMV files are
supported. The video files must be converted and transferred via RCA Video Converter for playback
(refer to page 19). Alternatively, you can transferthe converted video files to the "Data" folder via
the Windows Explorer (drag-and-drop).
You can copy files to / delete files from the player through Windows Explorer (drag-and-drop), but
you cannot open or edit the files directly from the player. If you want to edit the files, you will
need to copy the files from the player to another location (drive) in the system.
I was able to locate the manual for you...It will provide you with more information for your device..I hope this helps...
http://support.rcaaudiovideo.com/manual.aspx?product=187

P.S. Please rate accordingly...
Thank you
Computerrep

Here is the solution right from Microsoft.

 

SYMPTOMS
When you try to start or restart your Windows XP-based computer, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate

CAUSE
This issue can occur if the System or Software hive for the Windows XP installation is missing or damaged.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods.

Use the Recovery Console Tool
To restore a damaged registry hive, use the Recovery Console to restore the backup copy of the hive from the Repair folder. The Repair folder contains a copy of the system's registry hives that were created after the first successful startup of Windows XP.

WARNING : Although data should not be affected by the following procedure, you may need to restore changes you previously made to programs or system settings since the first time you successfully started Windows XP.

To replace the damaged registry hive and restore the backup copy of the hive from the Repair folder: Start your computer to the Recovery Console.

Determine if the file that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article is present, and if it is, rename it:

In Recovery Console, change to the c:\Windows folder.

Type cd sytem32\config , and then press ENTER.

Type dir system , and then press ENTER.

If you cannot run the preceding command successfully (because the file is missing), skip to step 3. If you can run the preceding command successfully, type ren system system.bak , and then press ENTER.

NOTE : If the message that you received referred to the software file, replace "system" with "software" in the preceding command. For example, you would type ren software software.bak (instead of ren system system.bak ), and then press ENTER.

Type copy c:\windows\repair\system , and then press ENTER.

NOTE : If the message that you received referred to the software file, replace "system" with "software" in the preceding command. For example, you would type copy c:\windows\repair\software (instead of copy c:\windows\repair\system ), and then press ENTER.

You should receive a "One file copied" informational message. For additional information about how to use Recovery Console during startup, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q307654 HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP

IMPORTANT : If you encounter problems when you run the preceding commands, you may need to use the Change Directory command ( cd ) one folder at a time before you run the preceding commands. For example, type cd system32 , press ENTER, type cd config , and then press ENTER.

Type exit , and then press ENTER to quit Recovery Console and restart the computer.