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    WDI Folder Corruption Issues in Windows Vista Home Premium

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Schmi Daniel the Man, May 28, 2008.

  1. Schmi Daniel the Man

    Schmi Daniel the Man Notebook Consultant

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    I ran IOBit Smart Drfrag and it stated while it was analysing that my WDI\{67144949-5132-4859-8036-a737b43825d8} folder was corrupted. I wanted to know if this can be fixed without a vista reinstall.
    What does this folder control anyway? Any help is and will be greatly appreciated.
     
    Schmi Daniel the Man, May 28, 2008
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  2. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    First off, try HDTune , it has options to test the drive for errors.
    Secondly, for defragging, I recommend Disk Keeper or some other defraggers, something with J, can`t really remember it though.
    If a folder is corrupt, might be a bad sector or just incomplete data.
    There isn`t a need to reinstall Vista for that.
     
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  3. ATG

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    Yeah you should scan your disk as @eleron911 says.
    WDI stands for Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure. It's a collection of diagnostic tools that can help find the source of many common disk, memory and network problems. Maybe this folder contain logs of WDI scans..
     
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  4. Schmi Daniel the Man

    Schmi Daniel the Man Notebook Consultant

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    @eleron911
    Thanks for the advice, I am running HD tune right now. The Program that you were thinking of is JkDefrag. I had seen it in the latest issue of Windows Vista Magazine @ the Borders in town.

    @atthegates
    Thanks for the info.

    BTW how can you recover corrupted files and folders? The HD Tune had a scanner and the scan cleared. Could it be a Registry issue?
    And if so, is there a way to patch this?
     
    Schmi Daniel the Man, May 29, 2008
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    Schmi Daniel the Man Notebook Consultant

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    I should make myself Clearer - the scanner said nothing was wrong with the HD. So it is my assumption that it is a file or reg issue. am I correct?
     
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  6. eleron911

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    Maybe.
    Try a Registry Cleaner program, either Registry Mechanic or Doctor,or CCleaner ...
    I use TuneUp utilities and CCleaner to keep the registry both clean and defragment it.
     
    eleron911, May 29, 2008
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