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by mutiso_f

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The boot-up process for three PCs on a network is failing. Either they hang while the users are logging on or they simply crash.
When I switch them on again AUTOCHK runs and reports the error:
COMPAQ\WBEM\cache\USER0000\PORT08FD\cpqhsrf.frm first allocation unit is invalid, entry truncated
Still the PCs fail to boot and on successive restarts now the error becomes:
Unrecoverable error in directory Compaq\WBEM\cache\...

Question:
What does this error mean and how do I solve it?

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by parbo

You have corruption on your harddrive. It simpy means that it cannot read the information from the harddisk for whatever reason. the best way to go about this is to make sure that the harddrive is still good physically. I'm not sure what make of harddrive you have but there are utilities that can check the hard drive just visit the harddrive manufacturers website or your PC manufacturers website and look for such a utility. For instance Gateway has one called GWscan and it works for several makes of harddrives. It will report if the drives is physically bad. if its a good drive just format and reload the Operating system and that should take care of it.

Goodluck, Let me know if you need any further assisntace with this

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