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help with missing windows fonts

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i am having trouble with the font on my desktop.  after researching the net I discovered that my default font for desktop has been corrupted somehow.  I am missing or have a corrupted arial font text file.  I tried to copy the font file from one computer and copy to my laptop(jacked up computer) it starts to transfer, but then the error message "cannot copy arial: The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open".  I am guessing that maybe I have a bad sector on hard drive??? i tried to put fonts file on a jump drive and transfer over same error message and it is always when it gets to the arial.ttf file....Help Please!!!!!!!!
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what is event viewer???
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event viewer keeps a log of eventis within your computer

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you'll see three types of logs, security, application and system

check out app and system and look for errors in red
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ran sfc /scannow, but while I was doing that I did a windows update...didn't finish the sfc /scannow accidentally restarted when the finish update box came up (remember no fonts)......so not sure which one fixed problem but FONTS are BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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awesome

cheers mate

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