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nmoncrief
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3. April 2006 @ 20:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a home built desktop system running XP home with SP2. I was having some difficulty getting a program I wanted to load during startup to load and some other funny stuff recently so I decided to do a system restore to a system checkpoint from over the weekend. I do the restore and then all hell breaks loose.

After the PC reboots and loads Windows I get to my desktop and immediately I get an error that pops up that says something about a NT/Administrator requested a reboot because a RPC had terminated unexpectedly and it was counting down from 60 seconds. So it rebooted, I get back to my desktop...same thing. I start trying to work around it to see what is going on and I notice that in my task manager only like 10 processes had started when I am used to much more than that; my taskbar with my start menu doesn't load either.

By the time I am frantic because I have a folder with a few gigs of old documents and pictures and files I don't want to loose on there. So I devise a way around it. I load XP on my slave drive and I think that if I can move my folder of files from my desktop to my C drive in less than 60 seconds I am home free. However, when I go to move the file I cannot. I am unable to copy and paste and I am unable to drag the file from the desktop into another folder. I tried to right click on it and do a "send to..." and send it to my documents however it wouldn't do that either. When I click on "cut" it seems to cut it because the icon looks like I can see through it but I am still unable to paste. I also cannot access the internet or my network to transfer it to another PC.

So this is where I am stuck at. If I can salvage this folder I really, really, really, really would like to. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can salvage it please let me know.
andmerr
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4. April 2006 @ 00:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you tried to start in safe mode and copy and paste every thing that you want to keep from c: drive to your other drive.Then reformat c: drive by inserting your windows disc and booting from the cd.Make sure you only format your c: partition.

This method will only work if you have 2 hard drives installed
dolphin2
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4. April 2006 @ 00:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Before you reformat, I would try to use the Recovery Console to repair/rebuild your boot files. It's really easy to use and will repair the boot files most of the time. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but it's worth trying before a format.
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