Virus Scan Deleted Critical Startup Files

[Guest]

After running a web-based virus scanning app, I was prompted to clean or
delete three trojan horse files. I foolishly chose delete before I saw the
clean option. I can no longer boot Windows 2k up at all. I get the dreaded
blue screen even after attempting to use all of the safe mode options Windows
provides. I've run the repair feature from the Win 2k CD several times now
and am sitting in the recovery console trying to figure out if I can just
undelete those three files from the recycle bin.

One last point, in my efforts to restore things, I did a full install Win 2K
on my c: drive (original version on the d: drive.) If I could see the recycle
bin for the "bad" Win 2k installation I could undelete through File Explorer.
I just can't find it and can't begin to remember the names of the files I
deleted.

The error message experienced during startup is as follows:
*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xED8F0A92, 0x00000000, 0xED8A6051, 0x00000000)
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_ARE

 

[David H. Lipman]

And the files and their path that were deleted are ... ?

--
Dave




| After running a web-based virus scanning app, I was prompted to clean or
| delete three trojan horse files. I foolishly chose delete before I saw the
| clean option. I can no longer boot Windows 2k up at all. I get the dreaded
| blue screen even after attempting to use all of the safe mode options Windows
| provides. I've run the repair feature from the Win 2k CD several times now
| and am sitting in the recovery console trying to figure out if I can just
| undelete those three files from the recycle bin.
|
| One last point, in my efforts to restore things, I did a full install Win 2K
| on my c: drive (original version on the d: drive.) If I could see the recycle
| bin for the "bad" Win 2k installation I could undelete through File Explorer.
| I just can't find it and can't begin to remember the names of the files I
| deleted.
|
| The error message experienced during startup is as follows:
| *** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xED8F0A92, 0x00000000, 0xED8A6051, 0x00000000)
| PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_ARE

 

[Guest]

The web-based virus scanning application did show the file names but I didn't
pay close enough attention before deleting them. I don't think I could have
seen the exact location of the files anyway. I pulled the trigger on deleting
them way too quickly not realizing they might be important files.