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AlexPanzer
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1593 Posts
6/03
Posted - Feb 18 2005 : 9:56AM
I got this problem: I installed McAffee antivirus on my primary hard drive and it found 3 trojans, then when I restarted all I could see was wallpaper on the desktop and all I could do is move the cursor around. What I want to do is to fix the Windows XP and hope that it will solve my problem.

So I switched to my primary hard drive, set the primary boot to cd and popped it in. It booted up, I chose repair and then the DOS console popped up. I have the following on screen:

C:\WINDOWS>

What do I type in next to repair from cd?

Frigo
Senior Member

1290 Posts
7/02
Posted - Feb 19 2005 : 5:15AM
maybe you hit keys too fast. When I use repair function from XP cd it gives me options like "repair boot sector"... some others OR go to recovery console (which would be your DOS promopt C:\windows\) !?
Sir Noel Plum
Senior Studmuffin

1001 Posts
2/03
Posted - Feb 19 2005 : 12:25PM
I think instead of 'repair' you need to choose 'reinstall' and then it detects your present installation and gives you the option of basically reinstalling your xp files for that present installation which if I remember correctly still leaves the registry and your programs etc more or less intact.

BTW when you boot up have you tried ctrl/alt/del and then running explorer from the task manager (File/run)?

snp

Sir Noel Plum
Senior Studmuffin

1001 Posts
2/03
Posted - Feb 19 2005 : 12:27PM
Once you get back up and running you should also consider downloading 'the ultimate boot cd' which is a cd based os that has about a hundred freeware programs on it as well - it even has a web browser so you can surf the net for answers to your system issues without ever accessing your hard drive.

SNP.

Frigo
Senior Member

1290 Posts
7/02
Posted - Feb 19 2005 : 1:58PM
I would never do a reinstall into old windows directory, it gives you more trouble than you had before. If doing a reinstall, than do a fresh NEW install!
 
Sir Noel Plum
Senior Studmuffin

1001 Posts
2/03
Posted - Feb 19 2005 : 2:38PM
If I had to start all over again with a fresh install I'd shoot myself - all those programs and updates and everything - it just doesn't bear thinking about. I actually hide a mirrored primary partition with xp plus my progs on one of my other hard drives so if the worst comes to the worst I can switch over to that.

Frigo
Senior Member

1290 Posts
7/02
Posted - Feb 20 2005 : 12:49PM
I also would hate that but I only said that I would never do a Windows installation over a existing one. Same with Windows Updates (e.g. 2000->XP), I never do that. Although its a shit load of work, fresh is better!
EL_
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193 Posts
7/04
Posted - Feb 20 2005 : 5:04PM
sfc
The system file checker scans protected system files and replaces the ones you (or your applications) hacked beyond repair with the real, official Microsoft versions. Type "sfc" into the command prompt to get a list of options.


this is your best option next to a fresh install

goog luck

Jacco All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Feb 20 2005 : 6:08PM
I fix all my Windows troubles by booting from one of my SuSE Linux cd's and formatting the entire harddisk.


Jacco




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