Where did the reinstall put the Windows files?
Did the second system install to F: ?
Did you reinstall software also?

Do you know if the coursework is Word files?
If you can locate the files, you may need to take ownership of the files.
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership

You may need to backup your data and do a clean install of XP.
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Ronald Sommer

"I only call when I want something" <I only call when I want
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: This is a long one - i have a 80Gig hard drive that's been partitioned XP
was
: on C: and the other side was F: called storage. Some time ago I had a
virus
: or something that I couldn't get rid of, so I ended up reinstalling
windows
: XP - when I start the computer now it gives me 2 operating systems which
has
: been fine.All it means is that you select which operating system you want
to
: use at start up.
: This has worked well for quite a while until I ran registry cleaner, which
: raised some issues which I deleted (registry cleaner comes with a restore
: feature so I thought if i deleted something I shouldn't I could get it
back)
: After these deletions my antivirus program would not longer work, so I
when
: back to the restore feature and restored - with one major problem - I
: restored to a date which was October 05 and not october 06.
: Now when I start the system and choose the operating system, it's seems to
: have restored to a time before that system even exsisted so it just gives
me
: a windows screen and nothing else, I've tried Ctrl, Alt,Del nothing works.
: I have managed to start the system on the original operating system and
: found the antivirus, ran it and cleaned whatever was wrong with it , so I
can
: get into the computer, but I've lost my Daughters college coursework which
is
: still in there I think, I hope.
: I'm sorry that this so long but I thought that I'd give as much
information
: as possible.
: Can anybody help?
: A month ago I purchased Winantivirus (I must add I also have registry
cleaner)
: G