Operting System not found while uninstalling Rollback RX software

[CJ]

I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
Rollback RX software.

I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
data?

 

[G. Morgan]

I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
Rollback RX software.

I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
data?

Boot with a Windows CD to DOS. At the command line type:

fdisk /mbr

 

[G. Morgan]

Boot with a Windows CD to DOS. At the command line type:

fdisk /mbr

BTW that works with pre-XP boot disks. For XP read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058

 

[David Matthew Wood]

I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
Rollback RX software.

I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Whoops!
As you found out, it is NEVER a good idea to interrupt a disk utility by
force-restarting your computer in the middle of an operation.

Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
data?

If you don't want to lose your data which I assume has not been backed
up, I suggest at this point you take your computer to someone who knows
what he is doing. Depending on what your Rollback software was doing
exactly, (from how long you say it was taking, it could have been doing
a rebuild of the directory structure - or at least shuffling a lot of
things around) it sounds like you really messed things up when you hit
the reset button in the middle of its operations.

 

[CJ]

Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
drives in DOS?

 

[John John]

You'd best consult the website and authors of this program for advice
and instructions else you might loose ALL your data! If this thing
mucked up the Master Boot Record (MBR) you don't want to aggravate
things anymore than they are now!

John

 

[Meat Plow]

Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about 48%
done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The last
time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up all the
data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
drives in DOS?

That will teach you to be impatient.

Take your PC to a shop and let someone who knows what the **** they're
doing fix it or recover your data and reinstall.

 

[Kadaitcha Man]

I installed a Rollback software.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Trade your PC in for a bath toy - a rubber ducky is
highly recommended for you.

--
alt.usenet.kooks - Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker:
September 2005 and April 2006

"K-Man's particular genius, however, lies not merely in his humour,
but his ability to make posters who had previously seemed reasonably
well-balanced turn into foaming, frothing, death threat-uttering
maniacs" - Snarky, Demon Lord of Confusion

Thou sly frantic wretch. Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast
born to signify thou came to bite the world.

 

[David Matthew Wood]

Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

No, it wasn't the rollback software, it was you pushing the reset button
WHILE the rollback software was doing a major disk operation.

Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
drives in DOS?

As Meat Plow says, take it to someone who knows what he is doing and can
*HOPEFULLY* recover your files.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Thanks. I am certain it is Rollback Rx software, and it was at about
48% done area, i forced it stopped and pushed the restart button. The
last time I had all data backed up is around Oct 1, 2006. I backed up
all the data but no installed files and no outlook emails.

Sorry I am computer layman. How can I safely go back at least in DOS
directory and how can I move the files into a network computer or other
drives in DOS?

You can't. There's nothing to go back to.

Your only hope is some sort of recovery tool.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I installed a Rollback software. I forgot its name, but it may be
Rollback RX software.

I tried to uninstall it today. During the uninstallation, I choose go
back to current system afer uninstallation. When the computer
restarted, the Rollback software shows "configuring" 1%....... Since
it was so slow, and I had to use the computer, I pushed the manual
restart button on the computer while the computer still shows Rollback
"configuring" 40%... Now it shows Operating System not found.

Please help to fix. I do not want to lose any files. Shall I put in
the windows XP system CD now to reinstall XP? Will this wipe out my
data?

You're a major fool!

You're going to have to repartition, reformat and reinstall. Something
like R-tools *MIGHT* recover some of your data. It would have to be
done before you reinstall.