c0000211 Bad Image Checksum error

[nwoods]

Windows XP operating system. Keeps circling from Dell logo, to Win XP logo, to following error:

c0000211 (Bad Image Checksum)

The image shlwapi.dll is possiby corrupt. The header checksum does not match computed checksum.

I am typing this from my laptop, is this is happening on my desktop. I cannot start it in safemode and cannot get to my desktop. Can only get into setup and bios utility.

Any suggestions from anyone how to repair this problem? Any tech assistance from those who have encountered this issue or are experienced with it is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Variable]

Never heard of it but a google search turned this forum link up. I think it's worth a read.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t76550.html

[Sylvander]

It's really easy to fix if you have a [3rd party] backup of the c: partition [one you can restore from outside Windows]; you just restore that.
If you don't have a backup, you could try a Windows "repair" installation.

For the future...
If you have an internal HDD with a FAT[32] partition on it [other than C:] that you can save backups to...
Go here http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ for a free copy of the file needed to make the [Pro version of the] "Emergency Boot CD".
Try out "Image" [for DOS] on that bootable CD.

My saved spiel:
RECOVER USING BACKUPS
The easy way to recover from all software [including configuration] problems [without even having to discover the cause], is:

1) As you proceed forward in time, make backups of everything on your C: drive.
Do this at regular intervals, particularly before making software changes [un/installing programs or changing configuration] and keep a log of all this.
2) When you hit trouble caused by a bad configuration change and no hardware or software changes have been made, [use "scanreg /restore" in Win98, or a restore point in WinXP, to] restore a previous good configuration.
3) When the trouble involves more than just the configuration, and involves the files [including the configuration perhaps] but no hardware has been changed [this is important because the software must match the hardware], then:
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Re-format the C: drive and restore your latest good backup.
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The software will "jump back" to the way it was when the PC worked.
If this doesn’t fix things, then it probably is not a software problem but a hardware problem.

It helps if you keep the C: drive "lean & mean".
I move as much as possible off the C: drive [and keep it as small as possible].
The "Windows" & "Program Files" folders account for 95% of the used space on my C: drive.
All the data that changes day by day [or are considered vital] are re-homed on another physical drive [although another partition would do].
When I "jump back" I still have up to date:
a. My Documents. [Use “TweakUI” to move their home]
b. E-mails for all identities. [use the email client to move their home]
c. Internet Explorer Favourites. [Use “TweakUI” to move their home]
d. Temporary Internet Files. [use the browser (Internet Explorer) to move them]
e. Re-home the Windows Address Book as shown here http://tinyurl.com/24q6l . Use the key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab FileName” to specify its new address. [Its normal home address [in Win98] is C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\(the name you gave your PC).WAB]
f. Any other storage of data files you wouldn’t want to “jump back”.

These can be backed up separately and more or less often.