Re: System recovery - big mistake made!

From: Ted Zieglar (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:01:40 -0500

No, there is no way to undo what you did.

To resolve the error message, all you needed to do was to remove the floppy
disk and then restart your computer.

Usually, the so-called recovery disks that come with some PCs erase your
hard drive and restore the software that was on the computer when it left
the factory. If you still have all your work on your computer, you probably
didn't use the recovery disks. Perhaps you meant that you reinstalled
Windows from the Windows installation CD? That doesn't affect your own
documents, it just over-writes Windows. The system settings are returned to
the default for the most part. You can always setup the computer the way you
like it all over again. You have a working computer and you have all your
work, so be glad for that.

In future, don't be so fast to do something drastic to your computer. It's
much better to solve the problem and then understand what went wrong, so you
can avoid the same problem in future. 

-- 
Ted Zieglar
"The knitted bloke" <Theknittedbloke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:FCFD9F40-C3CD-4042-A2FA-658FCD3C993B@microsoft.com...
> I do hope someone can help.  I have done a very silly thing.  When I went
to
> turn on my PC, I had left a floppy disc in drive A.  The PC came up with a
> message "unable to start NTLDR" and I assumed there was a major problem.
So
> I ran the system recovery disc.  All my work is still on the PC, but the
> settings are all to pot.  Is there an easy way of undoing this silly
mistake
> or of reestablishing the settings I had previously in place?  Help greatly
> appreciated!
>

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