Windows 7 - Files are renamed/duplicated after System Restore !!

Asked By beto

18-Nov-09 10:48 PM

Hi everyone,

I did a System Restore in late September although I should not 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 did not 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 have 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 do not want
to do it if it will mess up the system and not even let me startup.

25-Nov-09 07:52 PM

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 is working do not 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.

06-Feb-10 02:39 AM

Hi Rich,

Sorry for the late reply but I did not 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 am 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 have seen the
message telling you that those files were renamed to preserve their working
condition or something so I do not 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 do not think I have found them. Thanks for your
help

Beto