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Vista disk clean up cleans the entire OS... OFF

aximbigfan

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I'm pissed off.

I ran Visa disk clean up and start browsing firefox. A minute later, I get a wierd error message with just red HTML code. Odd.

Firefox freezes, and gives me more of that.

SO I close it and to my horror, all my desktop icons ARE GONE.
OH SHIT so is everything in my start menu!!!!
AND SO is a crap load of stuff.
OH CHIRST NO!!!!! System files!!!!

I spend 4 hours restoring this computer, made especially hard because it is a tablet without a bootable DVD DL drive, only to have disk clean up screw everything up.

I'm posting this now from firefox portable, which is installed on my fileserver, all I do is just ope nthe executable and bang.

I pretty much know I'm hosed, so this thread isn't about "OH CHRIST WAGONS PLZ HLP ME!!!!", it's just me venting.

Here is a screen shot of explorer. Note the fact that the address bar is screwed up...

oops I can't post a screenshot, because paint is gone.

I'll be back in a few hours... After I restore this shit...

Chris
 
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Thats odd. Sounds like a virus. That sucks man. Good luck.
 

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Sorry to hear it man. Hope you're able to recover.
 
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