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Guest
If you have read my other posts then you know whats going on. If you havent
here is a re-cap.
I had a Cd drive(Liteon) the was going bad after 5 years so I replaced it
with another (Liteon). I did not remove the drive from my remove hardware I
just took it out and put in the new one.(Yes I should have unistalled it but
I forgot) I also cleaned up some files with Internet Eraser and cleaned out
my prefetch folder.(Yes I know the debate about the prefech folder and I
don't do it that often) Anyhow I rebooted...computer installed the new drive
and everything seemed ok. I then updated NERO with their in program
updater....this took almost 12 hrs to do...it was running so slow. I couldent
even cancel the update it wouldent let me. I surfed the net for awhile and
before I went to sleep I checked MS Live One Care(I used Norton for years but
it was a resource PIG) MS One Care last week found 3 trogans and quaranteened
them...I tried to repair them...no luck so MS One Care suggested deleting
them....So I did. Next morning I checked computer and it said it could not
install the NERO update. So I restarted the computer to see if NERO was ok
and thats when I got the "Windows can not start because a system\32\config
file can not be found"
Recovery consol won't fix the problem...can't restore to last good known
setting...the system was XP Pro...SP2....MSI MB..1024 ram...hardware raid 2+0
on maxtor diamondmax plus drives. One other Maxtor drive in the same
system...used as a backup. All 3 will not show up in another computer...and I
am still dead in the water....If someone can HELP...I am all ears.
Thank You
Mike
here is a re-cap.
I had a Cd drive(Liteon) the was going bad after 5 years so I replaced it
with another (Liteon). I did not remove the drive from my remove hardware I
just took it out and put in the new one.(Yes I should have unistalled it but
I forgot) I also cleaned up some files with Internet Eraser and cleaned out
my prefetch folder.(Yes I know the debate about the prefech folder and I
don't do it that often) Anyhow I rebooted...computer installed the new drive
and everything seemed ok. I then updated NERO with their in program
updater....this took almost 12 hrs to do...it was running so slow. I couldent
even cancel the update it wouldent let me. I surfed the net for awhile and
before I went to sleep I checked MS Live One Care(I used Norton for years but
it was a resource PIG) MS One Care last week found 3 trogans and quaranteened
them...I tried to repair them...no luck so MS One Care suggested deleting
them....So I did. Next morning I checked computer and it said it could not
install the NERO update. So I restarted the computer to see if NERO was ok
and thats when I got the "Windows can not start because a system\32\config
file can not be found"
Recovery consol won't fix the problem...can't restore to last good known
setting...the system was XP Pro...SP2....MSI MB..1024 ram...hardware raid 2+0
on maxtor diamondmax plus drives. One other Maxtor drive in the same
system...used as a backup. All 3 will not show up in another computer...and I
am still dead in the water....If someone can HELP...I am all ears.
Thank You
Mike