Re: Repair Install Aftermath

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From: FDQ (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 10:00:20 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>FDQ wrote:
>
>
>>
>> So far I have completed the Windows Installer problem
>> without incident.
>>
>> I had a few malwares left after another adaware scan.
I
>> can get to the control panel - but it is still
>> tempermental. A lot of hang time getting there, and
I've
>> only tried it once. Some progs and security updates
are
>> listed in the add/remove progs section, but not shown
as
>> there on the right side of the screen.
>>
>> I havent' tried the other stuff yet - this weekend.
>>
>> The computer starts up pretty slowly now too - the
>> desktop will show without the icons and hang there -
>> eventually it goes - but it's a nerw thing.
>>
>> And finally, I assume there isn't an order these
repairs
>> need to be done? What are the chances of losing more
>> files after working on the 2nd hard drive with the
>> recovery console?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>You should try the data recovery first. The longer you
delay the more
>unlikely you will recover data. Data files are not
removed from the
>drive when they are erased. Their directory entry is
removed, and the
>space they occupy is marked as available, but the data
is still there
>until overwritten. So the sooner you get to it the
better. However,
>given all that you have done to the system, I would
guess you will be
>able to recover very little, if at all.
>
>Start with the thorough malware cleaning. You have to
do all the steps
>an in the proper way after updating each program, and in
safe mode.
>updating each program
>
>.
By the way Rock - I remember when it did the disk check
the first time a lot of stuff flashing on the screen
about deleting and recovering orphan files...

While backing up some files, I found some of the missing
files that I could only see through the burning program -
not windows explorer. They were in a folder named
found.000 with subfolders dir0000.chk thru dir0004.chk.
Some of the files were in here, not many, but some.

I'll be trying your other fixes today.

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