Operting System not found while uninstalling Rollback RX software

[CJ]

I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
Rollback RX software.

I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
data?

[G. Morgan]

On 27 Oct 2006 16:12:49 -0700, "CJ" > wrote:

>I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
>Rollback RX software.
>
>I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
>back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
>restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
>it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
>restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
>"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.
>
>Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
>the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
>data?


Boot with a Windows CD to DOS. At the command line type:

fdisk /mbr


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-Graham
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[G. Morgan]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:21:15 GMT, G. Morgan >
wrote:

>On 27 Oct 2006 16:12:49 -0700, "CJ" > wrote:
>
>>I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
>>Rollback RX software.
>>
>>I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
>>back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
>>restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
>>it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
>>restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
>>"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.
>>
>>Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
>>the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
>>data?
>
>
>Boot with a Windows CD to DOS. At the command line type:
>
>fdisk /mbr


BTW that works with pre-XP boot disks. For XP read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058

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-Graham
(remove the double e's to email)

[David Matthew Wood]

In article om>,
"CJ" > wrote:

> I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
> Rollback RX software.
>
> I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
> back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
> restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
> it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
> restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
> "configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Whoops!
As you found out, it is NEVER a good idea to interrupt a disk utility by
force-restarting your computer in the middle of an operation.

>
> Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
> the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
> data?

If you don't want to lose your data which I assume has not been backed
up, I suggest at this point you take your computer to someone who knows
what he is doing. Depending on what your Rollback software was doing
exactly, (from how long you say it was taking, it could have been doing
a rebuild of the directory structure - or at least shuffling a lot of
things around) it sounds like you really messed things up when you hit
the reset button in the middle of its operations.

[CJ]

Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
drives in DOS?

David Matthew Wood wrote:
> In article om>,
> "CJ" > wrote:
>
> > I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
> > Rollback RX software.
> >
> > I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
> > back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
> > restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
> > it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
> > restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
> > "configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.
>
> Whoops!
> As you found out, it is NEVER a good idea to interrupt a disk utility by
> force-restarting your computer in the middle of an operation.
>
> >
> > Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
> > the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
> > data?
>
> If you don't want to lose your data which I assume has not been backed
> up, I suggest at this point you take your computer to someone who knows
> what he is doing. Depending on what your Rollback software was doing
> exactly, (from how long you say it was taking, it could have been doing
> a rebuild of the directory structure - or at least shuffling a lot of
> things around) it sounds like you really messed things up when you hit
> the reset button in the middle of its operations.

[John John]

You'd best consult the website and authors of this program for advice
and instructions else you might loose ALL your data! If this thing
mucked up the Master Boot Record (MBR) you don't want to aggravate
things anymore than they are now!

John

CJ wrote:

> Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
> 48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
> last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
> all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.
>
> Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
> directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
> drives in DOS?
>
> David Matthew Wood wrote:
>
>>In article om>,
>> "CJ" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
>>>Rollback RX software.
>>>
>>>I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
>>>back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
>>>restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
>>>it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
>>>restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
>>>"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.
>>
>>Whoops!
>>As you found out, it is NEVER a good idea to interrupt a disk utility by
>>force-restarting your computer in the middle of an operation.
>>
>>
>>>Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
>>>the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
>>>data?
>>
>>If you don't want to lose your data which I assume has not been backed
>>up, I suggest at this point you take your computer to someone who knows
>>what he is doing. Depending on what your Rollback software was doing
>>exactly, (from how long you say it was taking, it could have been doing
>>a rebuild of the directory structure - or at least shuffling a lot of
>>things around) it sounds like you really messed things up when you hit
>>the reset button in the middle of its operations.
>
>

[David Matthew Wood]

In article . com>,
"CJ" > wrote:

> Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
> 48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
> last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
> all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

No, it wasn't the rollback software, it was you pushing the reset button
WHILE the rollback software was doing a major disk operation.

>
> Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
> directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
> drives in DOS?

As Meat Plow says, take it to someone who knows what he is doing and can
*HOPEFULLY* recover your files.