problem with laptop :)

[Antec1200X]

/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/DLL/MISSING OR CORRUPT
WINDOWS XP PRO
the computer shop guy told the owner of computer it was the hdd but then he installed a new hdd and the same results.i can reinstall xp but what if that doesnt help?

[Kopi]

Sorry I need a little more info to help.

Was this a working computer, BSOD'ing with this error? Or is he trying to format/install XP? A little background info please

[Antec1200X]

when it trys to go into windows i get that error.no bsod or anything.just windows/system32dll is missing or corrupt.
ahh i meant the local computer shop worker told the guy the hdd was fryed.he also said he tryed a new hdd and alls he got was the same results so he gave up.
ok now i am getting...the file asc.sys is corrupt

[Runt]

What sort of hdd is it any ideas?

[DoomDoomDoom]

System32 missing, huh? Smells like 4chan.

Have you tried system restore?

[Antec1200X]

its an older hdd.mini ide western digital WD800 WD Scorpio
if it was sata id just hook it upto my system and go from there but sadly it isnt
ok i got the full msg from the start screen
windows\system32\config\system.it says it is missing or corrupt.
should i just killdisk it?

[Kopi]

I've had issues like this during a windows xp setup, ended up being a bad CD. Get yourself a new ISO somewhere, if you have a key its legal, and try formatting with that.

If you're trying to save the current OS, I wouldn't say its worth it unless you need to get some data. If that was the case I'd run an Ubuntu live CD or something to recover the data and format anyways.

[Antec1200X]

scaning with hdd regenerator so far 12bad sectors have been recovered.
the guy doesnt care about the os or anything on the hdd he just wants his lappy to work again.
the local computer store made him buy a new one and said this one was garbage tsk tsk

[Kopi]

In that case a chkdsk sounds to be in order

[ksimp88]

run memtest86. I've had windows installations get corrupted by faulty RAM before.