"Galen" wrote:

> In news:6B4C3AA5-D4A9-4F20-B4E8-A210C17E94D1@microsoft.com,
> I only call when I want something had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > 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
>
> And this is why I don't recommend using registry cleaners...
>
> *sighs*
>
> Let's see what we CAN get to - are you still getting the chance to boot into
> the second OS when you start your PC?
>
> Can you at least SEE the other OS from the first one - as in navigate to the
> files on it so that you can retrieve the school work?
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/
>
> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
> its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
>
> Thanks Galen answers to your questions below.

Q1 Yes , when I boot the system, it stops with an choice of2 OS's both names
are the same, it then starts a countdown of 30 seconds by which time it
defaults to the first option OS. If I go on this system it give me my
wallpaper and nothing else, not even a start menu option, I then have to
reboot and use the other OS.
Q2 I should tell you this, the original OS had the following
winxp (C:)
Storage (F):
this was the way the partition was set up
when I had to re install XP I put the new version on the storage (F): drive,
now this is the bit where I struggle to remember, I think the it set up a
drive called winxp (D):.
I can remember going into explorer and seeing the old system and not being
able to get to any email or excel, word etc files, but now I reverted back to
winxp (C): it doesn't show (D): drive as anything other than a CD drive.
hope this help to help me
regards