Delete the Windows Prefetch files.
They are located: C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory.
After they are deleted it will take about 4 or 5 reboots for the PC to be
fully up to speed, you may notice that the first few reboots will be slower
than usual. After each reboot run and exit the applications you normally use
and then reboot again and repeat the process of running common applications.

Information on the Prefetch files and how they are used.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...efetch-XP.html

JS

"seggert" <seggert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0AAB6F0C-B956-4FAC-BBAD-2050C7CCDE87@microsoft.com...
> Each time I log on I obtain a number of error messages here is an example:
>
> WINDOWS\Prefetch\MAD.EXE-039COEAC. pf corrupt and unreadable
>
> run chkdsk
>
> When I run chkdsk it will tell me some things are "truncated" and others ,
> for some reason it cannot fix (don't recall the wording)
> --
> seggert