Re: HARD DRIVE QUESTION

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From: Dennis (thisisden369_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 07:57:03 -0800

"mo" <mo@rno.net> ???

I could just kiss you!!! It worked, I'm sending this from
the computer in question................I want to thank
you in person by phone or e-mail? I would also like to buy
you a beer or send you something? Will you please send me
an e-mail to the above address so that I can contact you!!!

Thanks a thousand times,

Dennis
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Dennis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:127101c4da21$8c7880e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> Somehow by trying to fix or isolate a virus using AVG my
>> OS became corrupted. I cannot access the Internet by
cable
>> or dial up and my network doesn't recognize the computer
>> and it doesn't recognize the network either. I have no
way
>> of backing up or moving my files to one of the other
>> computers. I've tried a direct series cable connection
and
>> that doesn't work. I have also tried to copy the most
>> critical files on CD but the only drive on four
computers
>> that recognizes the information is the drive that
created
>> it? So if I copy everything on CD's and try to copy them
>> back onto the computer in question after it's back up
and
>> running and it doesn't recognize the CD's I'm in the
>> crapper...........................
>>
>> My question is "if I install a second hard drive what's
>> the chances of being able to move the files onto it then
>> removing it and trying to repair or reinstalling XP???"
>>
>> or..............
>>
>> Installing the new hard drive, doing a clean XP install
>> along with SP2 then putting in the old hard drive and
>> copying the files onto the new one?
>>
>> The bottom line is I know I screwed up letting in the
crap
>> that infected the computer but now need to fix it and
I'm
>> pretty sure there is no "easy" fix?
>>
>> Note: All of my system restore points are gone also!
>>
>> Thanks for anything you can do for me,
>>
>> Dennis
>
>have you tried lspfix ? will repair tcp/ip witch can be
corrupted by
>spyware or virus removal on winXP
>
>
>.
>

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