XP Restore Hung - What Now

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Artie

I'm working on a PC that was infested with malware. I have a system restore
going on, but appears to be hung. The bar across the screen hasn't moved in
45 minutes and the HD light on the PC stays on.

Is there any way to cancel this restore? If I unplug the system will it
revert to the "before restore started" state?
 
You may have to find out the hard way. I hope you have an image backup or
other backup to use in case the system fails. You can try Last Known Good
Configuration from the boot options menu on restart. Usually, when a system
restore fails the system needs to rollback before rebooting.

System Restore is not very effective against malware anyway.
 
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