Topic: I did a system restore and now it's worse
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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's photo
Tue 07/15/08 09:52 PM
You can undo the restore

isaac_dede's photo
Tue 07/15/08 09:53 PM
Completly fix it? yep completly wipe out the harddrive and install unixlaugh

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Tue 07/15/08 09:53 PM

You can undo the restore


How?

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Tue 07/15/08 09:55 PM

Completly fix it? yep completly wipe out the harddrive and install unixlaugh



I am to trying not to do that because it's a major computer that houses everything.

hdjackyl's photo
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's photo
Tue 07/15/08 09:59 PM
get a mac bigsmile

Riding_Dubz's photo
Tue 07/15/08 10:00 PM

get a mac bigsmile


i was waitin for someone to say that,


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wiley's photo
Tue 07/15/08 10:00 PM
Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day.

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Tue 07/15/08 10:01 PM

Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day.


HA HA FUNNYrofl

AssassinBlade's photo
Tue 07/15/08 10:06 PM

get a mac bigsmile


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.

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Tue 07/15/08 10:09 PM
noway

wiley's photo
Tue 07/15/08 10:13 PM


Fdisk. Format. Thanks for calling Microsoft. Have a nice day.


HA HA FUNNYrofl


Used to be a MS Tech. Voice of experience. :wink:

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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. laugh

Unless you got a virus.

wiley's photo
Tue 07/15/08 10:16 PM


get a mac bigsmile


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...

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Tue 07/15/08 10:20 PM

Undu system restore then do your maintainance wizard!!!

Windows will fix itself usually. laugh


Thank you, finally some real advice. :smile:

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Tue 07/15/08 10:26 PM


Undu system restore then do your maintainance wizard!!!

Windows will fix itself usually. laugh


Thank you, finally some real advice. :smile:

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.

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Wed 07/16/08 05:16 PM
system restore is suppose to help fix computer problems?????

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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.

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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.flowerforyou