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From: beto on 6 Feb 2010 02:39
Hi Rich,

Sorry for the late reply but I didn't think anyone would respond to me so I
stopped checking. When I search for any files containing (2) in the name I
get most of them which were modified on 9-26-09 when I did the system restore
as I mentioned and those are in the TEMP folder in C: Documents and Settings,
I think I will just delete all the folders inside because theyre all just
duplicates it seems. However, there are also files from 9-4-07 and 9-6-07
which were renamed by also adding a (2) at the end of the file. Most of these
files are Real program files located in C:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player.

The problem here is that some of these files are duplicated and renamed.
For example, the first folder is named "cache_db" and right next to it, the
second folder is "cache_db(2)" but the original is 123 kb and the duplicate
is 7.42 kb in size. At first I thought of just taking off the (2) in every
file that was duplicated in the Real folders to make them like they
originally were, but now I'm seeing some original folders were duplicated and
renamed and they are different sizes than the originals. And this may not be
a big deal, but then I remembered how after system restore I've seen the
message telling you that those files were renamed to preserve their working
condition or something so I don't want to delete the duplicates and then the
program doesnt work. I rarely use it but I still would like to have
everything in working order.

Lastly, I wanted to ask you if you could direct me to the System Restore
files that you said take up a lot of space. I tried looking for them in C:
Windows and other spots but I don't think I've found them. Thanks for your
help

Beto


"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Beto, do not edit the partition number. Your system partition can be
> different from 1. Right now the bootloader sees the system on 2. Don't know
> what it saw before the
> System Restore. Don't Care. As long as it's working don't mess with it.
> You can delete the Temp files. In fact while you are there get rid of all
> the old System Restore folders
> that take up a lot of drive space.
> Rt click MyComputer>select Properties>Advanced>Startup and
> Recovery - Settings>Make sure that WinXP Pro is in the Default O.S window.
> If not click the down arrow
> and select WinXP Pro.
> "beto" <beto(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1164139E-0AF9-409C-A514-7D657A3E3FFA(a)microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I did a System Restore in late September although I shouldn't have, I did
> > a
> > Diskcheck which fixed the hard drive. Anyway, after the System Restore I
> > got
> > a message that said certain files were renamed to preserve their
> > functionality or something to that effect. I briefly looked over the files
> > but I didn't write them down.
> >
> > Recently and this may have started after the System Restore, I noticed the
> > PC would startup with a black selection screen that prompts you to choose
> > either Windows XP or System Recovery. I know this pops up if you got a
> > couple
> > of operating systems but I only have one and it always went straight to
> > log
> > in or desktop. While I was fixing the black startup screen I had to edit
> > the
> > boot file and I noticed the first line that says Windows XP mine is
> > labeled
> > where it says partition as "partition(2)" and I've heard it should always
> > be
> > a (1). So then I remembered about the System Restore I did and the renamed
> > and duplicated files that are mostly in the TEMP folder in C: Documents
> > and
> > Settings/TEMP.
> >
> > I searched the PC for any files containing (2) and got 431 files but not
> > all of them are the ones that were changed. I notice many of them were
> > modified on September 26 of this year which is when I did the System
> > Restore.
> > I was thinking of either just deleting all the folders in the TEMP folder,
> > deleting all the files modified on Sept 26, or doing a Disk Cleanup to see
> > if
> > it removes those files.
> >
> > Another concern I have is if the System Restore changed the way partition
> > is labeled in the boot file. In System Configuration Utility it says
> > timeout=
> > 3, default=multi(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS, [operating systems],
> > multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
> >
> > I know I can edit the boot file to change partition to (1) but I don't
> > want
> > to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup.
> >
> >
>
>
> .
>
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