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aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
i installed that Ubuntu thing and i've lost everything......

all my programs...files...pics....

help....
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    Did somebody say something ???

    Doug
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have no idea how to help you.

    These guys might know.

    http://ubuntuforums.org/
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Man are you screwed![:0]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    i asked yesterday for a registry cleaner

    i forget who recommened Ubuntu...

    i installed it... it replaced windows and now i have lost everything
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  • PTHEIMPTHEIM Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    That'll learn him to make a back-up copy. [:o)][;)][}:)]
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by aramisvi
    i asked yesterday for a registry cleaner

    i forget who recommened Ubuntu...

    i installed it... it replaced windows and now i have lost everything

    That isn't a registry cleaner,......it's a Linux based OS!
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    Have you done a system restore ??

    Power down your box - no electricity to it.

    Wait a minute.

    Turn it back on.

    As it boots, you will get a row of commands at the bottom of the screen.

    One will say "System Restore".

    Quickly click on that and follow the prompts to re-configure your system to how it was on a previous date.

    You should be good to go, and then you can do virus sweeps, etc..

    What is Ubuntu thing ??

    Special 3-D porno ??
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by aramisvi
    i asked yesterday for a registry cleaner

    i forget who recommened Ubuntu...

    i installed it... it replaced windows and now i have lost everything



    and you expected?






    sorry to hear that, i quit giving advice because no one listens anyway, instead they take half witted untested advice
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    registered on the forums... won't let me post
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    Good afternoon Son.

    Think I'm going to the beach - free, today...or the Expo Center gun show where we bought your first rifle - the Remmy 742, that I should be maintaining for you.

    Remember ??

    Dad
    lfd
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by aramisvi
    i asked yesterday for a registry cleaner

    i forget who recommened Ubuntu...

    i installed it... it replaced windows and now i have lost everything



    and you expected?






    sorry to hear that, i quit giving advice because no one listens anyway, instead they take half witted untested advice

    Hey,........I would still take YOUR advice.
    I'm sure you wouldn't have recommended a new OS when he was looking for a free registry cleaner![:0][:D]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    Marc... i see that NOW.........


    i want everything back


    i did a system restore yesterday because i was having problems.....i reset to 3 months ago.....

    did, system restore, defrag, clean up, virus...wanted to do a regestry... that's all.... now i have lost everything.... i want it all back
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    now it won't let me open my d drive
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I started to in stall the above program and it said to uninstall my security and I canceled it and my computer was screwed up for hours. [:(][V][xx(][:(!]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Hope you can click onlinks...

    Third or fourth one down..


    This one...


    HowTo: Remove Ubuntu (& Restore Windows) - Ubuntu Forums

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=restore++to+windows+from+ubunti
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  • EMCSEMCS Member Posts: 4,063
    edited November -1
    aramisvi
    You have mail..
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    i'm back in xp....

    had to do a reboot...but ubuntu is there now as an option....

    panic attack over....

    afraid to do anything more than this post atm.

    will report on more shortly
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by aramisvi
    i'm back in xp....

    had to do a reboot...but ubuntu is there now as an option....

    panic attack over....

    afraid to do anything more than this post atm.

    will report on more shortly




    Good luck,......you should have been smart enough to see that "Ubuntu" was an OS if you did a quick check.

    Personally I don't want anything named that on my puter.
    Sounds African to me.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    ARE their ANY good, FREE registry cleaners available??My PC has been acting-up/doing strange things the past few days.
    And no, i have visited NO PORN SIGHTS!![^]
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    ARE their ANY good, FREE registry cleaners available??My PC has been acting-up/doing strange things the past few days.
    And no, i have visited NO PORN SIGHTS!![^]

    This is what I have been using for years with no problems.
    Does a lot more than registry also.
    Some will come on and say it is weak on cleaning your registry, but that is the way you want to go IMHO. Major changes and you are down in flames.
    http://www.ccleaner.com/
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • EMCSEMCS Member Posts: 4,063
    edited November -1
    fishkiller41
    Be Very careful when working with the Registry make sure you back it up before doing anything to it
    Advanced Registry Optimizer 5

    Back up, clean, and optimize your Windows registry.

    http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-Registry-Optimizer/3000-2086_4-10183947.html

    Windows XP
    Free to try; $29.95 to buy
    Fixes 20 errors only

    or search here for a free one .There are a lot of good free ones..
    http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=Registry&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows

    ccleaner is a good program to clean unwanted junk out of you pc.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by aramisvi
    i'm back in xp....

    had to do a reboot...but ubuntu is there now as an option....

    panic attack over....

    afraid to do anything more than this post atm.

    will report on more shortly







    it must have partitioned the drive, why is it that you feel a urgent need to clean your registry?














    edit: thanks marc for the compliment and confidence
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  • moonshinemoonshine Member Posts: 8,471
    edited November -1
    one more down only 20063 million to go
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  • peonpeon Member Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    ARE their ANY good, FREE registry cleaners available??My PC has been acting-up/doing strange things the past few days.
    And no, i have visited NO PORN SIGHTS!![^]


    Run this... http://www.malwarebytes.org

    It cleaned my 'puter up when it went haywire. Plus it is free!
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by peon
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    ARE their ANY good, FREE registry cleaners available??My PC has been acting-up/doing strange things the past few days.
    And no, i have visited NO PORN SIGHTS!![^]


    Run this... http://www.malwarebytes.org

    It cleaned my 'puter up when it went haywire. Plus it is free!

    Yes,......mbam is a good app for malware as long as you keep an eye out for their frequent "false positives."
    Simply put them in the ignore list if you have any suspicions about the file it wants to delete.

    I am sure that 1911a1 will agree with me on this one.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • hooch31Lhooch31L Member Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Every year I back up my computers and do a fresh install. Found it to be easier than me cleaning the registry. If I do play in the registry, I do a fresh backup of it.
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    ok folks...here's what happened

    2 days ago, i did a defrag, normal maintenance, and my analysis was

    c: 149 gig, 65% free space

    yesterday morning, i was skyping with my friend, went to upload some pics to my myspace page...browser crashed. i use firefox. skype, firefox, and paintshop pro 9.01 were the 3 programs i was running at the time. i got a very quick message "virtual memory too low" then poof... no firefox, no psp.

    did the analysis again, all my free space was red and totalled 1%

    i deleted programs, files, pics, music, did virus, clean up, uninstalled windows components, rebooted, system restored to 3 months ago, did all the above again...reset my virtual memory to a higher allowable, did another virus, deleted more programs, drank alot of mt. dew... peed twice... did another analysis (79% free) yet i still have the same problems... within minutes - low virtual memory then browser crash. i can only view 1 website at a time and upload nothing to anywhere. and .... hey look at that... there's the low memory message now...
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    ems- you have mail sir
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  • EMCSEMCS Member Posts: 4,063
    edited November -1
    aramisvi

    You have mail
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  • altecgbaltecgb Member Posts: 165 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you boot off of the ubunutu live CD and then use the "install" option. Usually ubuntu will try to coexist with windows (e.g. resize your partitions and install beside windows) and not destroy windows. When you boot your computer do you see a black scree (GRUB) with options that allows you to choose which OS to boot?
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  • aramisviaramisvi Member Posts: 4,589
    edited November -1
    Ems.... reply on its way
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