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Windows back to default settings :-(
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:47 pm
by mkush
Bloody pc reset last nite and restored all default settings,lost all emails,email settings,saved passwords. Any1 know he i can get my settings back? <br/><br/><i>Posted from a mobile</i>
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:46 pm
by fac51
system restore in xp would do it i guess, if you havent got xp then no idea
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:49 pm
by mkush
oh well i got 2000pro
me old man tinks i should beable to get my MS outlook settings back by searching for a file called .pst
the rest i dont know,might switch to xp when i've done a reinstall
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:54 pm
by Vlammetje
On my old win98 pc the start up menu has a bunch of options, one of which is 'start with last known good setup'<br/>I would think win2k should have something similar? Not checked that yet, mind! ;-) <br/><br/><i>[color=orange][size=84]W@pW@pping away.....[/color][/size]</i>
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:53 pm
by Chris
yeah you could try the F8 trick Vlam suggested, but yeah you were right bout the pst files...
I believe they are located in
C:\Documents and Settings\[
username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
best of luck
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:06 pm
by mkush
i looked for .pst files but.. none yeah i know bout the f8 trick but that can be worse as it could restore to a config that was no good then i can't go back so..
i'm buying a new HD ,reinstall
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:11 pm
by Chris
You are buying a new hdd? Can't you do a low level format? Will be much better
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:00 am
by Vlammetje
sounds like he's using this as an excuse to buy a new HD
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:30 am
by mkush
I could but that means backing up stuff on that hd
which i cba with. So i'll keep this 1 till i can copy all my stuff over. And btw i was tinking of getting new hd anyways
<br/><br/><i></i>
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:38 pm
by fac51
i need a new big hard drive too. filled my most of the 160gb's on my main pc and most of the 40gb on my networked pc
want a 200gb drive now
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:19 pm
by 117
i only got a 40gb and a 10gb hdd
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:31 pm
by Andy
Ive only got me Raptor (36 Gig) but am getting a dual 76 Gig Raptor RAID 0 array and a 250Gb HDD soon
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:11 pm
by fac51
are rapors still 10,00rpm? atlas do a 15,000rpm drive
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:32 pm
by Andy
SCSI I bet tho. Never heard of Atlas tho, only Atlas I've heard of was a name of a hard drive produced by Maxtor....
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:58 pm
by fac51
yeah that must be the one