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Topic: I did a system restore and now it's worse
CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Tue 07/15/08 09:51 PM
I am using Windows XP and one of my computers was running really slow so I did a system restore. Now everything is all messed up. I can't even bring up the help and support or see my user accounts. Can anyone tell me why this happened and how I fix it?

hdjackyl Joined Mon 07/14/08 Posts: 313	Tue 07/15/08 09:52 PM
You can undo the restore

isaac_dede Joined Sat 11/24/07 Posts: 10632	Tue 07/15/08 09:53 PM
Completly fix it? yep completly wipe out the harddrive and install unix

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Tue 07/15/08 09:53 PM
You can undo the restore How?

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Tue 07/15/08 09:55 PM
Completly fix it? yep completly wipe out the harddrive and install unix I am to trying not to do that because it's a major computer that houses everything.

hdjackyl Joined Mon 07/14/08 Posts: 313	Tue 07/15/08 09:56 PM
send me a message thru email on here. I can't to you , I'm more than 150 miles away

Dangerous_Kitchen Joined Mon 06/02/08 Posts: 2897	Tue 07/15/08 09:59 PM
get a mac

Riding_Dubz Joined Wed 05/21/08 Posts: 22110	Tue 07/15/08 10:00 PM
get a mac i was waitin for someone to say that,

wiley Joined Thu 12/13/07 Posts: 19738	Tue 07/15/08 10:00 PM
Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day.

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Tue 07/15/08 10:01 PM
Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day. HA HA FUNNY

AssassinBlade Joined Fri 06/06/08 Posts: 29	Tue 07/15/08 10:06 PM
get a mac Worst advice EVER. I work as an IT professional. I'd say find all your important documents/game save files/ pornography (if you have it) and put it all on a USB drive. Then wipe the harddrive clean and reinstall XP with all the updates, instal the programs and updates next. If it's an old computer you might need a driver update for your graphics card, wireless internet card, and sometimes audio driver.

maxxximus007 Joined Mon 11/13/06 Posts: 6082	Tue 07/15/08 10:09 PM


wiley Joined Thu 12/13/07 Posts: 19738	Tue 07/15/08 10:13 PM
Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day. HA HA FUNNY Used to be a MS Tech. Voice of experience.

jonny63 Joined Sat 03/08/08 Posts: 5229	Tue 07/15/08 10:14 PM Edited by jonny63 on Tue 07/15/08 10:20 PM
Undu system restore then do your maintainance wizard!!! Windows will fix itself usually. Unless you got a virus.

wiley Joined Thu 12/13/07 Posts: 19738	Tue 07/15/08 10:16 PM
get a mac Worst advice EVER. I work as an IT professional. I'd say find all your important documents/game save files/ pornography (if you have it) and put it all on a USB drive. Then wipe the harddrive clean and reinstall XP with all the updates, instal the programs and updates next. If it's an old computer you might need a driver update for your graphics card, wireless internet card, and sometimes audio driver. I'm glad you said XP. I just blew my 2TB Vista partition a week ago and can't get it to reinstall now. Apparently one of the patches/updates keeps breaking it. And for some reason it can't see any restore points after it breaks. Oh well. Good thing I kept XP alive and well on this partition...

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Tue 07/15/08 10:20 PM
Undu system restore then do your maintainance wizard!!! Windows will fix itself usually. Thank you, finally some real advice.

jonny63 Joined Sat 03/08/08 Posts: 5229	Tue 07/15/08 10:26 PM
Undu system restore then do your maintainance wizard!!! Windows will fix itself usually. Thank you, finally some real advice. Dear, I don't know if that will help but it certainly won't hurt. I'm my pc's worst enemy sometimes and have learned from trial and error. They will fix themselves if you tell them to.

KalamazooGuy87 Joined Sat 11/10/07 Posts: 2728	Wed 07/16/08 05:16 PM
system restore is suppose to help fix computer problems?????

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Wed 07/16/08 07:00 PM
system restore is suppose to help fix computer problems????? Yes I know. Everything with the computer is fine now. It just still won't bring up the help and support from the start menu and a few other items. It is running much faster now and all major files are still there. So I give up.

CantonGal Joined Thu 07/10/08 Posts: 124	Wed 07/16/08 07:01 PM
send me a message thru email on here. I can't to you , I'm more than 150 miles away Thanks again for all your help. Your a real doll.