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Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!
Hi everyone, I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did a Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I got a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files but I didn't write them down. Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a couple of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to log in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit the boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is labeled where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always be a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings/TEMP. I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System Restore. I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder, deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see if it removes those files. Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says timeout= 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems], multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't want to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup. |
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Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!
Beto, do not edit the partition number. Your system partition can be
different from 1. Right now the bootloader sees the system on 2. Don't know what it saw before the System Restore. Don't Care. As long as it's working don't mess with it. You can delete the Temp files. In fact while you are there get rid of all the old System Restore folders that take up a lot of drive space. Rt click MyComputerselect PropertiesAdvancedStartup and Recovery - SettingsMake sure that WinXP Pro is in the Default O.S window. If not click the down arrow and select WinXP Pro. "beto" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did a Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I got a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files but I didn't write them down. Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a couple of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to log in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit the boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is labeled where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always be a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings/TEMP. I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System Restore. I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder, deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see if it removes those files. Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says timeout= 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems], multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't want to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup. |
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Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!
Beto, do not edit the partition number. Your system partition can be
different from 1. Right now the bootloader sees the system on 2. Don't know what it saw before the System Restore. Don't Care. As long as it's working don't mess with it. You can delete the Temp files. In fact while you are there get rid of all the old System Restore folders that take up a lot of drive space. Rt click MyComputerselect PropertiesAdvancedStartup and Recovery - SettingsMake sure that WinXP Pro is in the Default O.S window. If not click the down arrow and select WinXP Pro. "beto" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did a Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I got a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files but I didn't write them down. Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a couple of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to log in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit the boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is labeled where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always be a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings/TEMP. I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System Restore. I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder, deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see if it removes those files. Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says timeout= 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems], multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't want to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup. |
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Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!
Hi Rich,
Sorry for the late reply but I didn't think anyone would respond to me so I stopped checking. When I search for any files containing (2) in the name I get most of them which were modified on 9-26-09 when I did the system restore as I mentioned and those are in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings, I think I will just delete all the folders inside because theyre all just duplicates it seems. However, there are also files from 9-4-07 and 9-6-07 which were renamed by also adding a (2) at the end of the file. Most of these files are Real program files located in C:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player. The problem here is that some of these files are duplicated and renamed. For example, the first folder is named "cache_db" and right next to it, the second folder is "cache_db(2)" but the original is 123 kb and the duplicate is 7.42 kb in size. At first I thought of just taking off the (2) in every file that was duplicated in the Real folders to make them like they originally were, but now I'm seeing some original folders were duplicated and renamed and they are different sizes than the originals. And this may not be a big deal, but then I remembered how after system restore I've seen the message telling you that those files were renamed to preserve their working condition or something so I don't want to delete the duplicates and then the program doesnt work. I rarely use it but I still would like to have everything in working order. Lastly, I wanted to ask you if you could direct me to the System Restore files that you said take up a lot of space. I tried looking for them in C: Windows and other spots but I don't think I've found them. Thanks for your help Beto "Rich Barry" wrote: Beto, do not edit the partition number. Your system partition can be different from 1. Right now the bootloader sees the system on 2. Don't know what it saw before the System Restore. Don't Care. As long as it's working don't mess with it. You can delete the Temp files. In fact while you are there get rid of all the old System Restore folders that take up a lot of drive space. Rt click MyComputerselect PropertiesAdvancedStartup and Recovery - SettingsMake sure that WinXP Pro is in the Default O.S window. If not click the down arrow and select WinXP Pro. "beto" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did a Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I got a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files but I didn't write them down. Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a couple of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to log in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit the boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is labeled where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always be a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings/TEMP. I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System Restore. I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder, deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see if it removes those files. Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says timeout= 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems], multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't want to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup. . |
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Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!
Hi Rich,
Sorry for the late reply but I didn't think anyone would respond to me so I stopped checking. When I search for any files containing (2) in the name I get most of them which were modified on 9-26-09 when I did the system restore as I mentioned and those are in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings, I think I will just delete all the folders inside because theyre all just duplicates it seems. However, there are also files from 9-4-07 and 9-6-07 which were renamed by also adding a (2) at the end of the file. Most of these files are Real program files located in C:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player. The problem here is that some of these files are duplicated and renamed. For example, the first folder is named "cache_db" and right next to it, the second folder is "cache_db(2)" but the original is 123 kb and the duplicate is 7.42 kb in size. At first I thought of just taking off the (2) in every file that was duplicated in the Real folders to make them like they originally were, but now I'm seeing some original folders were duplicated and renamed and they are different sizes than the originals. And this may not be a big deal, but then I remembered how after system restore I've seen the message telling you that those files were renamed to preserve their working condition or something so I don't want to delete the duplicates and then the program doesnt work. I rarely use it but I still would like to have everything in working order. Lastly, I wanted to ask you if you could direct me to the System Restore files that you said take up a lot of space. I tried looking for them in C: Windows and other spots but I don't think I've found them. Thanks for your help Beto "Rich Barry" wrote: Beto, do not edit the partition number. Your system partition can be different from 1. Right now the bootloader sees the system on 2. Don't know what it saw before the System Restore. Don't Care. As long as it's working don't mess with it. You can delete the Temp files. In fact while you are there get rid of all the old System Restore folders that take up a lot of drive space. Rt click MyComputerselect PropertiesAdvancedStartup and Recovery - SettingsMake sure that WinXP Pro is in the Default O.S window. If not click the down arrow and select WinXP Pro. "beto" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did a Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I got a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files but I didn't write them down. Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a couple of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to log in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit the boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is labeled where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always be a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings/TEMP. I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System Restore. I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder, deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see if it removes those files. Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says timeout= 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems], multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't want to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup. . |
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