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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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