It sounds to me that you gave up on Windows' System Restore prematurely!

What is the make and model of your PC? I take it that pressing F10 at
bootup wipes your hard drive and lays down a fresh install. I hope you
have backed up all your data and settings.

If you have problems in the future, it would be wise to post here
*before* you try anything drastic! Very often, there are fairly
straightforward methods for dealing with PC problems (which usually stem
from some sort of malware infestation).


"Gail" <Gail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80B3CB7D-86E1-41ED-96AD-9494599A216F@microsoft.com...
> Well, I turned it off and it says that the system is not complete and
> to run
> setup again. Tried it again with same problem. Should I use the
> recovery
> disks I made when I bought the computer? It is OEM and I did not get
> any
> windows cd w/it. Any ideas, anyone?

> "Gail" wrote:

>> I was having problems with my computer and tried to do a system
>> restore. It
>> ended up telling me that it couldn't restore it and no changes would
>> be made.
>> I shut down computer and when I turned it on the next day, the icons
>> were
>> huge on the desktop and I couldn't access anything. There was no
>> taskbar and
>> when I did a ctrl alt delete the task mgr came up very large and I
>> was not
>> able to shut the computer down. I turned it off was going to try
>> safe mode
>> but could not access it. Nothing happened when I hit F8 key so
>> finally
>> decided to do a system recovery hitting the F10 key. I was aware
>> that I
>> would go back to factory computer settings and would have do a lot of
>> updates
>> and installs. It went through the process and welcomed me, etc. and
>> then
>> went to Windows XP Home screen and said to wait. So I waited and
>> waited and
>> I am still waiting. It doesn't leave that screen. The hourglass
>> will move
>> if I move the mouse, but otherwise, nothing is happening. I am
>> afraid to
>> turn it off.