pc important file recovery

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  1. adekunle

    adekunle Member

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    i downloaded and anti-virus that was infected so instead of deleting the virus i deleted system files.... now i cant use recovery but i have all the safe modes is there any way i can fix it? i cant even use internet explorer, thank god i had firefox. i have windows xp service pack 1
     
    adekunle, Aug 20, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    how about system restore?
     
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    doesnt work
     
    adekunle, Aug 20, 2007
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    reload xp on top of self to correct the files or do a fresh install of xp
     
    ddp, Aug 21, 2007
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  5. adekunle

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    how do i do that?
     
    adekunle, Aug 21, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    which 1 as in reload or fresh install?
     
    ddp, Aug 22, 2007
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  7. adekunle

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    i dont know which would u recomend?
     
    adekunle, Aug 22, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i would do a fresh install after saving any data you want saved. what is the make & model# of your computer or motherboard?
     
    ddp, Aug 23, 2007
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  9. adekunle

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    how do i find that owt?
     
    adekunle, Aug 23, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    if a name brand computer like dell then will be on front of case, also check user manual. if a clone computer then look at motherboard manual.
     
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    All branded (hp,dell etc) models come with a recovery partition instead of a windows disk if it's an hp hold f10 down on restart

    some models on the boot screen will have the recovery option you'll see at bottom of screen which keyboard key to push,failing that read the manual for recovery options or just go thru the programs list looking for wording like recovery options etc or non branded what DDP said
     
    scorpNZ, Aug 23, 2007
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  12. adekunle

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    i have a dell optiplex g1 with a intel celeron processor running windows xp service pack 1
     
    adekunle, Aug 23, 2007
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    ddp, Aug 24, 2007
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  14. adekunle

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    so wat do i download?
     
    adekunle, Aug 24, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    if your hd is not 1 of the quantums listed then nothing as xp should pick up all devices.
     
    ddp, Aug 24, 2007
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  16. adekunle

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    huh?
     
    adekunle, Aug 24, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    just load xp as it should find all the devices & will load their drivers.
     
    ddp, Aug 24, 2007
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  18. adekunle

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    so wat do i download?
     
    adekunle, Aug 25, 2007
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    right now nothing til you see if xp detects & loads all devices' drivers.
     
    ddp, Aug 25, 2007
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  20. adekunle

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    oh so just start up my computer?
     
    adekunle, Aug 25, 2007
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