[CTS] Re: serious problems
- From: Hal Brown <hal@xxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:04:57 -0500
You have somehow wiped out Windows.
Try running Windows setup over the one you have now. You may have to do a
clean install. This is another situation where you could spend a long time
trying to get it repaired, and in the end wind up reinstalling anyway.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Chris Dooley duly noted:
>
>Ok, i went to bed last night and everything was fine and woke up today, =
>went to work, and come home and lo and behold windows will not even start =
>up on my computer?
>gets passed the startup screen and almost logs in and says
>
>that these
>" 3 files are missing or corrupted:
>hihem.sys
>dblbuff.sys
>ifshlp.sys
>all in the c:windows directory."
>
>then it says cannot load windows bc win.com is not found and it goes to =
>the c:/ prompt?
>then nothing.
>restart, same thing.
>
>boot into safe mode, same thing?
>
>i was downloading a couple things last night, but with my agnitum =
>firewall, norton 2001 antivirus, reg cleaner, and lavasoft, i thought i =
>was pretty damn clean...?
>did i really get this malicious of a virus that wiped my drive up?
>i had a ton of stuff that i need to get back into even to move it on to cd =
>disk somehow?
>is there a way without completely cleaning the hard drive out?
>
>i have windows 98se, ie 6, a 40gig c: and 80gig d: partitions.
>e and f dvd rom and cdrw drives.
>512 ram, 1 ghz.
>
>i tried to do scanreg/restore and it told me that the registry could not =
>be found?
>
>how in the .........?
>
>i am deeply confused how this is possible when i did not mess with the =
>registry, system directory or do anything malicious last night.
>
>and i definately didnt get anything that made me suspect someone was =
>hacking me or i had a virus?
>
>please tell me all my sound files on the d partition will not be deleted =
>on reformat.
>
>any instructions on avoiding reformating and installing?
>if not, instructions on reinstalling windows.
>either with reformat, on top, or total overhaul, again?
>
>thanks more than you know...
>
>d
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