In news:5D0A17F5-2AAC-44DC-9809-E9EA3DBA85FD@microsoft.com,
I only call when I want something had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> "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
Alright...
Pick the system that you only get the wallpaper on... Go to it.
Missing Icons and Taskbar:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...s_taskbar.html
--
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