Hello Bil, I always have been told that you only want 1 anti-virus, and 1 firewall running at one time. uninstalling 1 of the 2 AV programs may resolve your problem. (Just a thought) Thanx, Scott Beebe Ohm Electronics Inc. 609 W. Clinton St. Ithaca NY 14850 Voice: (607) 273-8406 Fax: (607) 273-8743 WWW.OhmElectronicsInc.com mailto:Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, January 20, 2006, 12:05:01 AM, you wrote: Bil> Hi Jim, Bil> I have run a couple good anti-virus programs, and there doesn't Bil> seem to be any viruses on my system. Bil> I am quite sure that uninstalling RestorIt caused this problem, Bil> since during the install it created a special partition, and Bil> installs a program in the boot sector also (for dealing with Bil> restore points if you can't boot up to Windows). Bil> I have another backup of my Windows 2000, when RestoreIt was Bil> still installed. Bil> I am thinking about using this to replace my current 2000 and Bil> then try to uninstall RestoreIt again (although there won't be Bil> the partition or boot sector program for it to remove - what Bil> problems will this cause?). Bil> With my MBR backed up to a few floppies (and all files backed up) Bil> I figure I can always get back to where I am now. Bil> Yes, I did a Repair install of Windows 2000. Like every other Bil> major thing I tried things seemed OK for a while, and then the Bil> same old thing. Bil> Bil Bil> PC 1000 Bil> M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator Bil> http://magpulser.com Bil> Mammoth Lakes, CA Bil> 760-924-1000 Bil> mailto:magpulser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx b>> Got a virus scanner? b>> Weird things like this can also happen with defective software and/or b>> drivers also. b>> I had a bad burner software package shutdown any access to the "my b>> computer" tree because a minor crash would occur b>> due the drive with the bad software was being queried. I Removed the b>> offending package and all was well. b>> Thats just one example of software strangeness. Think of what was b>> recently installed that might have contributed to the problem. b>> Conversely, the Unistall process may have gone badly. Did you try a non b>> destructive system restore? b>> Jim McVey b>> McVey Alltronix b>> 327 Broadway b>> Newburgh N.Y. 12550 b>> "If it doesn't play... b>> CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" b>> Factory authorized b>> service for over 20 b>> major brands. b>> 845 561 8383 b>> (Last of the Mohegans) b>> Bil Green wrote: >>>Can't Access Drives >>> >>>I can't open Windows Explorer or any window, which displays all >>>the files on my 4 partition Windows 2000 system. If I try it >>>locks up the system. >>> >>>I recently uninstalled RestoreIt, which had installed an >>>additional partition for storing restore points and this did >>>disappear during the uninstall. >>> >>>I have dual boot with Windows XP (and it works fine) >>> >>> >>>These are the things I've tried, none of which have helped much: >>> >>>1. Ran Chksdk using /p and /r in the Recovery Console and this >>>sometimes gets things back to normal for a while >>> >>>2. Deleted all the partitions on my hard drive, created new >>>partitions and copied everything back (Ghost 8.0 partition copy). >>>Worked fine for many hours and then the problem returned. >>> >>>3. Did a Repair install of Windows 2000 >>> >>>4. Reinstalled the motherboard drivers >>> >>>Bil >>> >>>PC 1000 >>>M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator >>>http://magpulser.com >>>Mammoth Lakes, CA >>>760-924-1000 >>> >>>mailto:magpulser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >>>--- >>>avast! 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