2 operating systems

[Guest]

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

 

[Galen]

In I only call when I want something had this to say:

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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

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

 

[Guest]

What a mess.

Which is why I keep a backup PLUS a copy of data of "My Documents", so I can
always recover data, either restoring the entire disk, restoring part of it
or copy some files or directories.

If the college course is important enough, there's "data recovery services"
that you can find doing a little googling. Years back, I was the IT guy at
some company in NYC, the HD was messed up, and another employee took the
drive to CT, recovered the data professionally, and got back in less than a
day. Sometimes, time is money and I could of spent days figuring the cause.
Could've taken us days to figure out a "free" way of recovering the data.

 

[Ron Sommer]

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.
--
Ronald Sommer

"I only call when I want something" <I only call when I want
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in 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

 

[Guest]

In I only call when I want something had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


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

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your help FrankChin, I may have to do that

 

[Guest]

Ron, answer to you questions below.

I installed the second XP on the partition called storage (F
I think I also re installed office (word excel etc)
I did manages to copy some stuff from C:
The coursework is on Word, I'll keep trying to located it and look at your
suggested link.
Thanks for the advise

 

[Galen]

In I only call when I want something had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

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/missing_desktop-icons_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