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peterttt
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_ 		30. June 2006 @ 05:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Basically i accidentally deleted a windows system file. I couldnt start windows so i installed windows xp home again but didnt deleted or format the first installation is there anyway to recover my files on the first installation, if so how.


or can i repair the first installation. The file i deleted was in the windows file-system32-config-software.LOG in the C Disk.

i tryed to coy the file back onto the harddisk through the windows rrepair utility, but i am unfimilur with DOS commands
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Morph416
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_ 		30. June 2006 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there a way to recover the old files? No. Is there a way to repair the previous installation? No.

Both are gone once you decided to do a new installation. A repair installation, or if you had System Restore active..maybe.

You might consider backing up what you can, format the drive and start again fresh.

If the repair console allows you to copy to the hard drive, here is the basic command: copy (x:)\file.name (x:)\windows\system32\folder\folder

Replace x with the drive letter. For ex: If I wanted to copy the file ntoskrnl.exe from the CD drive to the hard drive, for me it would be:

copy f:\ntoskrnl.exe c:\windows\system32
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. June 2006 @ 19:14
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