System Restore/ Recovery

105090 SG

We press
START > ALL PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS > SYSTEM RESTORE

then the magic happens.

But my terrible laptop.. i only succeeded in doing system restore only once. thats in 2004. after that, all attempts was unsuccessful. I am trying to recover some files which i had deleted during the past few days, ehnce i used this function.. And, can shed some light on what exactly is system restore mainly used for? recover deleted files? remove virus? and in my situation, what can i do without reformatting? I dont watcgh porn all MIRC all all this.. but play some PC games

Thanks!

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M©+square SG

Your registry is messed up liaoz...

105090 SG

then what can i do?

contact1 SG

maybe u can delete all yr things and back it up agina..
byez

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Reinstalling is the only way. A messed up registry you can do nothing to it.

105090 SG

Embarassed Crying or Very sad

very hard to absorb this news..

so hows the registry messed up? i went to regedit and play around with it or some programmes did some magic?

stellazio SG

yea i can never system restore for some reason..always have a problem.. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Firstly, did you edit the registry any time after 2004? This is crucial because you have done a restore without any problems before 2004, as stated in your question. If no, proceed to my next question.

Have you done a spyware/adware and virus scan? These programs are notorious for installing and messing the registry. Some of them can prevent you from doing a system restore. Go to this website and download those anti-spyware recommended. For antivirus, refer to this thread.

After all those scans, post the results here. If possible, show a screenshot of your post-scan. It would help to find some persistant spyware. Wink

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Please read the post for 105090.

105090 SG

i use Lavasoft Ad-Aware but the spyware are those tracking cookies only. (i removed them). anti-virus is Synmantac, provided by the school.. Embarassed

k.. i will do a virus scan and post the results soon..