Re: Boot disk needed

"Ric Euteneuer" <riceuten@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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. . . I obeyed an instruction from an obsolete piece of
Virus scanning software to delete a particular file that appears to be
vital for the functioning of my laptop. It's an Amilo M 7400 Centrino
1.4 combo running Windows XP Home Edition.

When it boots up, I get to the splash screen, but then come to a
screen telling me that the computer did not shut down properly, and
asking me if I want to do a "safe start", "safe start with
networking", or a "normal start". Hitting any of these options brings
me (eventually) back to this screen. I have a kind of Linux boot disk,
which starts the computer but thereafter, I'm clueless

1. We assume you are inquiring about Windows XP because you
ask in this particular newsgroup.
2. Task no. 1 is to restore this deleted file, best attempted by
-- Start Windows in Safe Mode
-- If you then see your Desktop and it has a Recycled Bin icon,
right click on this and folllow the prompts to RESTORE the file
you earlier deleted. (Of course you must be able to recognize its name.)
-- If no Recycled Bin is on your desktop start EXPLORER = My Computer. Go
to
the folder named Recycled and see if you can spot the file, right
click on it and select RESTORE.
3. Then reboot correctly and see whether WinXP starts OK
and post back here.

Your other post said you have lost your operating system instal
disk(s.) Sometimes instal routines copy the essentials to the
hard drive in a (hidden?) Windows folder called i386. (But if
you restore from this original folder you will need to update
with SP1 and SP2 from the Microsoft web site.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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