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Old January 22nd 10, 07:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Richard
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I have Windows XP Pro installed and had problems with a virus. I Hit F11 on
startup on the HP computer (laptop) and repair my windows installation.
Sweet. I started up the new windows and tried to access my previous
documents. ACCESS DENIED. Rebooted computer to safe mode and changed the
access privledges to Full for my NEW account and moved the files I want to
keep to the c:\ directory to access. I rebooted and logged in as normal on
the new installed OS and checked out my files. They all dont work which was
inside My Documents folder. All the other folders in my Account under
documents and settings eg Application Data etc all work its just the My
Documents folder and sub folders are affected by this. I have tried about ten
programs to repair. No such luck. If I go to open a pic of my son, it somes
up preview unavailable and if I use another imaging program same kind of
thing. My mp3s dont work, WMP throws an error, and my vids etc dont work. I
have 12.5 GB of data inside that I could live with only 2 GB of pics of my
new born son or my misses will shoot me. Any Help please??????????
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Old January 22nd 10, 03:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Gerry
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Richard

What are your anti-virus and and spyware arrangements? What was the name
of the virus? What did you do to remove the malware infestation?


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Richard wrote:
I have Windows XP Pro installed and had problems with a virus. I Hit
F11 on startup on the HP computer (laptop) and repair my windows
installation. Sweet. I started up the new windows and tried to access
my previous documents. ACCESS DENIED. Rebooted computer to safe mode
and changed the access privledges to Full for my NEW account and
moved the files I want to keep to the c:\ directory to access. I
rebooted and logged in as normal on the new installed OS and checked
out my files. They all dont work which was inside My Documents
folder. All the other folders in my Account under documents and
settings eg Application Data etc all work its just the My Documents
folder and sub folders are affected by this. I have tried about ten
programs to repair. No such luck. If I go to open a pic of my son, it
somes up preview unavailable and if I use another imaging program
same kind of thing. My mp3s dont work, WMP throws an error, and my
vids etc dont work. I have 12.5 GB of data inside that I could live
with only 2 GB of pics of my new born son or my misses will shoot me.
Any Help please??????????


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Old January 22nd 10, 04:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Ken Blake, MVP
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:43:03 -0800, Richard
wrote:

I have Windows XP Pro installed and had problems with a virus.



What virus? How did you know you had it?

I Hit F11 on
startup on the HP computer (laptop) and repair my windows installation.



Is that all you did? You didn't use an anti-virus program?

There is almost no virus that can be removed without using an
anti-virus program. Moreover, if you tried to fix things yourself, you
very likely made the situation worse, not better.


Sweet. I started up the new windows and tried to access my previous
documents. ACCESS DENIED. Rebooted computer to safe mode and changed the
access privledges to Full for my NEW account and moved the files I want to
keep to the c:\ directory to access. I rebooted and logged in as normal on
the new installed OS and checked out my files. They all dont work which was
inside My Documents folder. All the other folders in my Account under
documents and settings eg Application Data etc all work its just the My
Documents folder and sub folders are affected by this. I have tried about ten
programs to repair. No such luck. If I go to open a pic of my son, it somes
up preview unavailable and if I use another imaging program same kind of
thing. My mp3s dont work, WMP throws an error, and my vids etc dont work. I
have 12.5 GB of data inside that I could live with only 2 GB of pics of my
new born son or my misses will shoot me. Any Help please??????????



You have data (pictures of your newborn son) that is critical to you,
and you don't have a backup of it on external media? You are playing
with fire.


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Old January 22nd 10, 10:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
John Wunderlich
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=?Utf-8?B?UmljaGFyZA==?= wrote
in :

I have Windows XP Pro installed and had problems with a virus. I
Hit F11 on startup on the HP computer (laptop) and repair my
windows installation. Sweet. I started up the new windows and
tried to access my previous documents. ACCESS DENIED. Rebooted
computer to safe mode and changed the access privledges to Full
for my NEW account and moved the files I want to keep to the c:\
directory to access. I rebooted and logged in as normal on the new
installed OS and checked out my files. They all dont work which
was inside My Documents folder. All the other folders in my
Account under documents and settings eg Application Data etc all
work its just the My Documents folder and sub folders are affected
by this. I have tried about ten programs to repair. No such luck.
If I go to open a pic of my son, it somes up preview unavailable
and if I use another imaging program same kind of thing. My mp3s
dont work, WMP throws an error, and my vids etc dont work. I have
12.5 GB of data inside that I could live with only 2 GB of pics of
my new born son or my misses will shoot me. Any Help
please??????????


First, boot your computer using a free live Linux CD such as Knoppix
http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
This will give you a stable operating system to access your files.

Then back up all of your important files using either a USB drive or a
Network drive.

Finally, reinstall Windows on your machine using the procedure from
your manufacturer or your Windows CD.

Be advised that there are some malware/viruses that specifically target
and destroy .jpg files so it is still possible that you will not be
able to recover.

Good Luck,
John
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Old January 23rd 10, 01:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Kate
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"Richard" wrote in message
...
I have Windows XP Pro installed and had problems with a virus. I Hit
F11 on startup on the HP computer (laptop) and repair my windows
installation. Sweet. I started up the new windows and tried to
access my previous documents. ACCESS DENIED. Rebooted computer to
safe mode and changed the access privledges to Full for my NEW
account and moved the files I want to keep to the c:\ directory to
access. I rebooted and logged in as normal on the new installed OS
and checked out my files. They all dont work which was
inside My Documents folder. All the other folders in my Account
under documents and settings eg Application Data etc all work its
just the My Documents folder and sub folders are affected by this. I
have tried about ten programs to repair. No such luck. If I go to
open a pic of my son, it somes up preview unavailable and if I use
another imaging program same kind of thing. My mp3s dont work, WMP
throws an error, and my vids etc dont work. I have 12.5 GB of data
inside that I could live with only 2 GB of pics of my new born son
or my misses will shoot me. Any Help please??????????


Have you tried PC Inspector Smart Recovery? I recovered a lot of RAW
photos from a re-formatted CF card using it, although it took a long
time. I realise your situation is not the same in that the files may
be corrupted, but the program is free and might be worth a shot.

Kate

 




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