Re: Incorrect Drive Mappings After Failed Restore

Cruel as it may sound the safest is to do a complete new install. You may be
finding troubles for the next six months if you don't.
"PinguJohn" <PinguJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7F6B56E7-0A84-4E7C-B5E5-9E870D5486EA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The primary hard drive in my computer was only 60GB, so the other day I
installed a second hard drive of 120GB as a slave.

I transferred the system to the new 120GB drive using Maxtor MaxBlast.

I then made the new 120Gb hard drive the master and the old 60GB drive the
slave and Windows Explorer correctly showed in My Computer:-
Local Disk ( C: ) as the 120GB drive, and
Local Disk ( F: ) as the 60GB drive

Everything worked fine for a few days and then I had a problem after
trying
to install a new program.

I attempted a system restore but the last restore point was before I
installed the new drive and the restore failed with 'System Restore has
encountered a problem and needs to close'

Now the drive mappings are all wrong and programs like Wordpad, System
Restore, Word 2003 etc. do not work any more. Trying to run them now leads
to
'....has encountered a problem and needs to close'

The system boots but Windows Explorer now incorrectly shows in My
Computer:-
Local Disk ( C: ) as the 60GB drive, and
Local Disk ( F: ) as the 120GB drive

Also incorrectly:-
My Documents location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents
My Albums location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My Albums
My eBooks location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My eBooks
My Music location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My Music
My Pictures location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My Pictures
My Received Files location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My Received Files
My Videos location is now F:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My
Documents\My Videos

As I cannot run System Restore to undo the failed restore, does anyone
know
what I can do to return my system to normal.

I am running Windows XP Home SP2



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Spyware & others
    ... You can open Windows Explorer from ... malware garbage from your System Restore backups after you've cleaned up. ... Be sure that you also download and install hotfix Q816093, ... Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support, ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: Trojan / Adware infection on Windows XP Pro computer
    ... > can install on the infectedcomputer so that I don't have to contect to ... Microsoft has these suggestions for Protecting your computer from the ... - Roll back the clock with System Restore ... and some you can only download if you are registered - but it is best ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Questionable Item in Restore Feature
    ... No the tech had done an earlier restore and I ... Looks to me like it is a problem between MS signed driver and my new Dell ... something with the scanner and I don't know what to ask for with Dell. ... a Kernel-Mode Driver install process on one of the various devices installed. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Help with highjack please
    ... The process of removing certain malware may kill your internet connection. ... There's a good tutorial about CWS and using CWShredder here: ... malware garbage from your System Restore backups after you've cleaned up. ... Be sure that you also download and install hotfix Q816093, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Genuine Advantage problem after restore of hard drive
    ... ASR would be bootable. ... There were no critical updates required, ... Took extensive repair using the install method to get it to run. ... This last one I did a minimal install followed by a full restore. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)