LookOverThere

My cousin ****ed up my computer by doing a system restore from I dont know how along ago.
But now I lost a bunch of things, I tried to do a system restore from like a week or 2 ago, but it doesnt work. Any ideas?

Jinjiro

Well what all is lost exactly? If it's really bad, like you can't even operate the comp, reinstall Windows. You may have to reformat & reinstall if that doesn't work. Maybe if you are more specific I can help you further, but right now that's all I can suggest, really.

-Jin

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paintshark

Do a factory restore. You have to restart it with the disk in the computer you can't just put it in and expect it to run... I don't know why it wouldn't work... what windows are you using?

NoPhear

If it's a few programs like winzip or winamp or something you have to download them all over again

LookOverThere

Its mostly like alot of little things like half-life and stuff like that, but also there was some drivers for my dsl i lost. But also, I have so much spyware on here it doesnt work right. and its hard to download ad-aware again because of it.

EDIT: I got ad-aware runnin its already found 211 thins and its not done.

But New Question.. Why does my Windows Installe rnot work? And what are something that can fix it.. and when I start my come it says could not find data.dat1 or something another.

bob005

my brother screwed my dad's comp up like that. it was so bad i had to format it. all the settings were screwed up, and locked. including the internet and norton. i think i virus came into play in the middle of it

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You're going to be better off re-installing windows. I'd advise against using the factory restore CD if you have a copy of the OS...they put a bunch of garbage on the restore CD's you really don't need, and a windows CD install will run better. Otherwise, they gave you the restore CD for a reason...might as well use it.

To get the install CD to work, you'll need to do one of two things: either go into BIOS and set the CD-ROM as the first boot device, or find a boot floppy disk. If you need one they included it with the computer, otherwise go to BIOS. To get into BIOS, turn the computer on. Most store-bought units will flash the company's logo, or it might show a bunch of information about memory and the CPU. Look at the bottom of the screen...it will say something like "press delete to enter setup" (it could be a F-key...F1, F2, etc above your number keys, or it might be tab or delete or backspace.) Press whatever key it tells you to. You'll now be in a simple menu system...scroll through the menus until you find boot order (don't change anything else...you could royally f*ck your computer up. If you think you did something wrong exit without saving and try again.) It will show something along the lines of First device: Floppy drive Second device :HDD-0, etc. You'll need to bump the CD-ROM to the second slot. Then exit saving changes (typically F-10) and put the disc in...it'll go through the boot cycle like normal, read the CD and it will probably say "press any key to boot from CD" (if you need a boot disk it will most likely ask you to do the same thing.)

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