Hi
I have a problem where an install of Norton Anti virus overwrote a windows system file. Now the laptop will not boot into windows. I get the 7 choices - Normal, SafeMode, -Safe Mode with command prompt, Step by Step...ect..
Before the laptop quit booting I ran system file checker and repaired a file called user.dat
I rebooted and that was it. In step by step mode, the boot process dies at a file called pwrsave.vxd
saying yes or no, it goes to a black screen for a few minutes, then reboots.
I don't know what else to do besides trying to reload windows.
This is win98 1st edition, If I pop in a floppy boot disk, and attempt to install windows again, will my drive be formatted automatically, hence erasing my data? or will I get a choice?
Any help would be most definetly appreciated in a big way.
thanks,
Andy
I have a problem where an install of Norton Anti virus overwrote a windows system file. Now the laptop will not boot into windows. I get the 7 choices - Normal, SafeMode, -Safe Mode with command prompt, Step by Step...ect..
Before the laptop quit booting I ran system file checker and repaired a file called user.dat
I rebooted and that was it. In step by step mode, the boot process dies at a file called pwrsave.vxd
saying yes or no, it goes to a black screen for a few minutes, then reboots.
I don't know what else to do besides trying to reload windows.
This is win98 1st edition, If I pop in a floppy boot disk, and attempt to install windows again, will my drive be formatted automatically, hence erasing my data? or will I get a choice?
Any help would be most definetly appreciated in a big way.
thanks,
Andy