Tigs2
1st Apr 2007, 22:31
:uhoh: Can anyone PLEASE PLEASE help,
Lat night i made the big big mistake of trying to use a P2P shareware prog called Kazaa. After downloading and running install it messaged 'must check files which are copyrighted' (as they cannot be shared). It said this may take a few minutes. " hours later at only 72% compete i elected for the cancel option and thought try another day.
Turning on the pc this morning , half the icons on 'desktop' were missing and in the start menu many progs missing or there icons reading 'empty' (for example windows explorer is missing, the 'sytem tools' drag down menu is reading 'empty'. The whole of office professional is inoperable with the icons missing from the 'start' menu.
In 'control panel' in add/remove software office pro is still there indicating full mem values, however if i open a word doc at source, 'word' will part open and say 'cannot open, components missing'. Clearly everything is corrupt.
I decided to 'system restore' but on entering that tool i was horrified to find that all 'restore' points prior to the last boot up of the computer today ARE GONE!:{ I cannot restore!
I then went to delete kazaa, and whilst looking in the program files directory found that the kazaa folder contained two other folders. One was entitled 'unshared folders'. I thought that sounds familiar, and opened it, utterly dismayed :eek: to find 7543 files have been re-located there, many of which i can clearly identify as the missing files, but 100s of them just have numbers next to them. I then thought ok, finish the process, i had to install part of Kazaa again, ran the install, hoping that if the files had been put in there temporarily, they would be redirected home. Too much to hope for! This time the 'check for copyright' files took 2 mins, installation complete and a folder for 'unshared files' appears on the desktop. In there, my 7543 files. The comp still v v unwell.
Please can anyone tell me how to get this horlicks of a situation back. Does anyone know if there is a process for carrying out a restore from DOS, which may have kept info that would allow me to restore to say 36 hours ago.
Anyone with any succesful info, i will gladly DHL a crate of beer of your choice, to your location (can't get it into Afghanistan or Iraq or Saudi!), but can have it chilled for your return.
HELP:uhoh:
Lat night i made the big big mistake of trying to use a P2P shareware prog called Kazaa. After downloading and running install it messaged 'must check files which are copyrighted' (as they cannot be shared). It said this may take a few minutes. " hours later at only 72% compete i elected for the cancel option and thought try another day.
Turning on the pc this morning , half the icons on 'desktop' were missing and in the start menu many progs missing or there icons reading 'empty' (for example windows explorer is missing, the 'sytem tools' drag down menu is reading 'empty'. The whole of office professional is inoperable with the icons missing from the 'start' menu.
In 'control panel' in add/remove software office pro is still there indicating full mem values, however if i open a word doc at source, 'word' will part open and say 'cannot open, components missing'. Clearly everything is corrupt.
I decided to 'system restore' but on entering that tool i was horrified to find that all 'restore' points prior to the last boot up of the computer today ARE GONE!:{ I cannot restore!
I then went to delete kazaa, and whilst looking in the program files directory found that the kazaa folder contained two other folders. One was entitled 'unshared folders'. I thought that sounds familiar, and opened it, utterly dismayed :eek: to find 7543 files have been re-located there, many of which i can clearly identify as the missing files, but 100s of them just have numbers next to them. I then thought ok, finish the process, i had to install part of Kazaa again, ran the install, hoping that if the files had been put in there temporarily, they would be redirected home. Too much to hope for! This time the 'check for copyright' files took 2 mins, installation complete and a folder for 'unshared files' appears on the desktop. In there, my 7543 files. The comp still v v unwell.
Please can anyone tell me how to get this horlicks of a situation back. Does anyone know if there is a process for carrying out a restore from DOS, which may have kept info that would allow me to restore to say 36 hours ago.
Anyone with any succesful info, i will gladly DHL a crate of beer of your choice, to your location (can't get it into Afghanistan or Iraq or Saudi!), but can have it chilled for your return.
HELP:uhoh: