Dunno where else to post..steam related!

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 12:42

Ok i was tinkerin with my overclock and it crashed into windows a few times... and i think my steam had got corrupted so ive reinstalled steam but i still get the exact same error message like steam has encountered a problem and needs to close...i dont know how many times ive completely got rid of steam and reinstalled but the dam thing just wont work!

Anybody have any ideas?

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:11

yeah i bet a reinstall of windows would fix it but i REALLY would rather not!

I just finished doing an error check on start up and now it doesnt come up with an error message but just opens and closes almost instantely

there has to be a fix to this !

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:17

I will hold out for someone who has another answer for me

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:31

have done all the above apart from install to a new directory... will try that now

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:35

nope didnt work!

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:47

Is there anyway to sort these corrupted windows files without a reinstall ?

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:51

nope ive tried to delete those and it starts up... it does manage to update but then when complete it just closes...

Speedy Pete · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:52

erm just tried to open command prompt and it wont open! hmm i guess this is a bigger problem than i expected

will try to repair the win xp files using sfc /scannow soon as i find my xp cd

Speedy Pete · 30 Apr 2009 at 22:38

sfc /scannow looked like it was gona fix it... but when it finished it just closed like what steam does !

really looks like im gona have to reformat but cant do a backup of any sort yet.

Anybody got any other ideas????????

Speedy Pete · 1 May 2009 at 01:20

sfc /scannow doesnt even load in safe mode :/
and for some reason i have justone system restore point which seems to be on the exact same day this started happenin! >.<