Quote Originally Posted by drnoknow View Post
She did mention the sfc thing and thats when my computer asked me for the disks! Ugh!
It should also give you opportunity to read from the hard drive if a copy of OS is on separate partition.

Quote Originally Posted by drnoknow View Post
Its an HP Pavilion a1646x. Once I save what I need to save, what do I do next?? I know a computer guy am I better off having him nuke it and rebuild it or try and go through buest buy or HP? Somehow I either got a bug or deleted a file? It still works but clearly from my HJT log I have too much un-needed crap on here! It may be best to start over at this point.
That may be a bit drastic at this point - Things could be repaired.
Plus, unneeded startups can be controlled, so no big worry there.

Once you save what you need to save, you can get your computer guy friend to help you reinstall Windows (if it comes to that).
What you need to worry about first is getting a legitimate copy of Windows either from Best Buy, microsoft, or or your compy (if there). Frankly, if the store you bought your machine from did not give you a disk, I would go back and demand that they do so - when you bought your machine, you PAID for a copy of windows that is licensed to you.
Worst case, if you still have your Windows OS Key, you can call Microsoft and, if your key is valid, they can probably set you up with a new copy at a modest cost.


-- I've been so busy that I have not looked a the body of this thread yet, so my advice may be a bit suspect. Perhaps TL can weigh in on whether things are beyond repair.

G'Night
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