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Its all gone pete tong on the computer front!!!! (pg. 3)
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| palm |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
recovery , like palm agrees with |
no no no, fully format! |
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| adi_hanson |
well i thought i had to fully format then use DOS to boot the recovery cd.
Not recovered for a long time , 8 years ago infact |
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| palm |
| this is easely done with windows cd (XP SP2 is what i got), u dont need to use any doscommands or anything, it has a good format and setup guide. just disconnect your HDs with important stuff on so u dont format those too. if u have sata disk u need SP2 CD i think. |
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| adi_hanson |
| all i have is the manufacturers recovery disks , 1 for the operating system and 1 for applications and drivers, and as my pc is 2 years old , waiting for service packs and what not to download will take a while to do. |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
all i have is the manufacturers recovery disks , 1 for the operating system and 1 for applications and drivers, and as my pc is 2 years old , waiting for service packs and what not to download will take a while to do. |
in that case turn off pc then back on again set bios to boot from cd put disc into drive turn off pc then back on.
it will give you a choise either to do a compleat reinstall or repair windows.the choise is yours. |
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| airwalker1 |
| be warnd thoe a fresh install of windows will mean losing all currnt data on hd |
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| adi_hanson |
| i know , thats why i shifted all important stuff onto another pc |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
i know , thats why i shifted all important stuff onto another pc |
then do it a clean install is good anyway start from scrach have you got any antivirus on old pc to check in case you have any virus's on it? |
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| DJ RANN |
First thing before doing any with a windows xp disk:
find a way to get you data off the drive, otherise it could be lost. Don;t mess about installing other antivirus programs or trying to get system restore to work etc.
Firstly, if the repair does not work, you could not have a way to even boot the computer up anymore.
Secondly, if you've only got the OEM XP disks, it will not give you the option to press "R" for recovery. Only retail versions of XP do this.
disconnect the original (infected) drive, get another new drive and connect it to the computer then do a fresh windows install on it. Disable system restore. Get hold of and install a copy of nod32 antivirus (trust me - I've been through every other anti virus program and this is the only one that really does it.). Have nod32 activated, Now connect the old drive and copy over your old files. Nod32 will kill anything it finds as it's being copied. The reason you don't want ot try to run an antivirus program on the infected drive is that sometimes they have to delete the file to remove the virus, and hence you will loose some data. If this affects the data structure of the drive, you might not be able to retrieve anyhting, so do it copy over way.
Once you have copied over all the files, run an in depth nod32 scan on the folders you copied on to the new drive.
Now you can do a fresh format (delete existing partition) on the old drive and you will have a working computer.
this method is also good for you because it sounds like you don't have a backup of your old material anyway so one of the other spare drive can function as your backup. |
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| palm |
| he has clarly stated he has saved his files. now just format the whole and start over. even if it does take time. google a nice recepie for it. |
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| airwalker1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
he has clarly stated he has saved his files. now just format the whole and start over. even if it does take time. google a nice recepie for it. |
yep a clean install is best bet im in the proses my self as i still havent fully recoverd from last virus wiping out all my . |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
he has clarly stated he has saved his files. now just format the whole and start over. even if it does take time. google a nice recepie for it. |
Oh sorry, didn;t get that - it then. just delete the partition and do a fresh install then install some antivirus program before putting you old stuff back on it. |
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