Corrupt Win32

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Mark Dominguez

The Win32 folder on my Win XP Pro was corrupted by a
virus. After allowing NAV to repair the corrupt file, my
CD ROM stopped working properly and I get numerous Win32
error messages. What can I do to repair the OS?
 
Try to run (Start -- Run...) msconfig, press "Launch System Restore"
button on General tab, and restore your computer to the date close
before you've got a virus.

None of your documents (including graphical files, movies etc.) will be
lost -- but not the programs you installed or saved to the drive after
the date/time of the restore point you used.

If the things go worse after that, what is unlikely, -- you can undo
this rollback (in Safe Mode if need) so the system will be restored to
the current state.
--
Mikhail Zhilin (MS MVP - DTS)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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Mikhail said:
Try to run (Start -- Run...) msconfig, press "Launch System Restore"
button on General tab, and restore your computer to the date close
before you've got a virus.

None of your documents (including graphical files, movies etc.) will
be lost -- but not the programs you installed or saved to the drive
after the date/time of the restore point you used.

If the things go worse after that, what is unlikely, -- you can undo
this rollback (in Safe Mode if need) so the system will be restored to
the current state.
--
Mikhail Zhilin (MS MVP - DTS)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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No, of course you don't want to use System Restore. First of all, you
normally disable System Restore before virus repair because the virus
files will be *in* System Restore. If you didn't disable it, then you
don't want to run a restore and get the virus back! The OP should do a
Repair Install instead, if s/he is really sure the machine is clean.

Malke
 
Malke,

Though I said in the first lines:
- I think, you are correct with the Repair Install. There has to be less
problems with it than with System Restore -- even if System Restore
hadn't been disabled.
--
Mikhail Zhilin (MS MVP - Win9x)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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