No more icons, taskbar or Start

[Jack W.]

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Put your XP disk in the drive and boot with it and then
>do
>>a repair install. Good luck.
>>.
>>XP comes built in with VAIOs. There are three "system
>recovery" disks that restore the computer to the way it
>was when you bought it (erasing everything put on
since),
>two Application Recovery disks, and one Driver Recovery
>CD. Can the Application Recovery disks restore the icons
>and taskbar and leave everything else alone?
>.
>It turns out the App Recovery disks only restore the
programs that came with the computer, but not XP. That's
on the System Recovery disk, which would wipe out
everything and start over. It's looking more and more
that that's what I'll have to do. Why would this have
happened? Is it common?

[Ray Taylor]

You may have had a virus or some mix up with some key system files and
although this is not common, it can easily happen. You may want to back up
your documents and other files before running the recovery disks.

If you are a heavy downloader, you could get a cd burner and do a monthly
burn and create an archive of what you have downloaded eg. setup programs,
drivers etc., just in case this happens again in the future.

Ray Taylor




"Jack W." > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Put your XP disk in the drive and boot with it and then
> >do
> >>a repair install. Good luck.
> >>.
> >>XP comes built in with VAIOs. There are three "system
> >recovery" disks that restore the computer to the way it
> >was when you bought it (erasing everything put on
> since),
> >two Application Recovery disks, and one Driver Recovery
> >CD. Can the Application Recovery disks restore the icons
> >and taskbar and leave everything else alone?
> >.
> >It turns out the App Recovery disks only restore the
> programs that came with the computer, but not XP. That's
> on the System Recovery disk, which would wipe out
> everything and start over. It's looking more and more
> that that's what I'll have to do. Why would this have
> happened? Is it common?

[Jack W.]

>-----Original Message-----
>You may have had a virus or some mix up with some key
system files and
>although this is not common, it can easily happen. You
may want to back up
>your documents and other files before running the
recovery disks.
>
>If you are a heavy downloader, you could get a cd burner
and do a monthly
>burn and create an archive of what you have downloaded
eg. setup programs,
>drivers etc., just in case this happens again in the
future.
>
>Ray Taylor

>
>
>

>> >>XP comes built in with VAIOs. There are three "system
>> >recovery" disks that restore the computer to the way
it
>> >was when you bought it (erasing everything put on
>> since),
>> >two Application Recovery disks, and one Driver
Recovery
>> >CD. Can the Application Recovery disks restore the
icons
>> >and taskbar and leave everything else alone?
>> >.
>> >It turns out the App Recovery disks only restore the
>> programs that came with the computer, but not XP.
That's
>> on the System Recovery disk, which would wipe out
>> everything and start over. It's looking more and more
>> that that's what I'll have to do. Why would this have
>> happened? Is it common?
>
>
>.It turns out the System Recovery disks won't work
anymore. I had to take it to the shop, where they told me
it was a virus, and that it had happened to two other
people recently. I'll probably have to pay to get it back
to the way it was when I bought it. Even though my anti-
virus software (PC-cillin) updates daily, it still got
through.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to help.
>