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Taskbar dissapears after Error Checking C Drive
Right now, I have no START button or taskbar.
It all started when I tried to partition my HDD so I could install Vista onto that partition. When I tried to partition my HDD, I recieved Error 1531 - Too Few Clusters. After awhile I decided to do Error-Checking on my C Drive, my main drive. The PC restarted and did it's thing. Took about 45 minutes or so.
PC restarts and I have no start button, BUT I do have a taskbar. I was using a custom desktop theme. I tried changing the theme to another custom desktop theme and I get my Taskbar and START button back, but when I minimize a window, it doesn't show up in the taskbar. I try again to change to a different theme and I end up with no START button or taskbar. I try to use an old theme including the default theme but the taskbar will no longer show.
System Restore does not work. And I'm having trouble figuring out how to restore the registry, because I figure that's the last step before reinstalling Windows. I don't have a Windows CD, so I'm not sure what to do at that point either.
I have a Vista 5536 ISO, but I believe I need the taskbar to mount it and run it. Even if I did manage to get that to work, it's only a beta and shouldn't be relied on.
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It all started when I tried to partition my HDD so I could install Vista onto that partition. When I tried to partition my HDD, I recieved Error 1531 - Too Few Clusters. After awhile I decided to do Error-Checking on my C Drive, my main drive. The PC restarted and did it's thing. Took about 45 minutes or so.
PC restarts and I have no start button, BUT I do have a taskbar. I was using a custom desktop theme. I tried changing the theme to another custom desktop theme and I get my Taskbar and START button back, but when I minimize a window, it doesn't show up in the taskbar. I try again to change to a different theme and I end up with no START button or taskbar. I try to use an old theme including the default theme but the taskbar will no longer show.
System Restore does not work. And I'm having trouble figuring out how to restore the registry, because I figure that's the last step before reinstalling Windows. I don't have a Windows CD, so I'm not sure what to do at that point either.
I have a Vista 5536 ISO, but I believe I need the taskbar to mount it and run it. Even if I did manage to get that to work, it's only a beta and shouldn't be relied on.
http://www.musclelogic.com/uploads/images/ummmyeah.JPG
http://www.musclelogic.com/uploads/images/thanks.JPG
http://www.musclelogic.com/uploads/images/sure.JPG
- I downloaded the themes from a website and put them in the themes folder. Not sure how to get to that folder any more, since the last time I messed with it, was about a year ago or so, when I put the custom themes in there.
I checked out the link and downloaded the main program. I tried to restore my taskbar and I got
"Run-time error '462'
The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable"
Then the program closed. The program didn't work, but thanks for the link.
Does anyone have a clue as to what I could do at this point to restore my PC to it's natural settings? JRosenfeld
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Posted September 1st, 2006 09:00
If you never got the XP CD with your PC, you could try coantact Dell and request it. Depends on how long ago you bought your PC, but worth a try.
JRosenfeld
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Posted August 31st, 2006 13:00
You could try the taskbar repair utility
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
You don't say what your custom theme is or how you created it. But if you hacked or replaced some of the Windows system files in creating your customization, you may need to restore those files to their Windows versions.