A Few Questions (Boot Disks etc.)

Melodeath · 08-31-2006

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but certain parts of this posts will certainly fit the forum.

I am at college right now and before I left I set up VNC on my home computer so that I could access that computer from school here. VNC is just a program that you install that runs your computer as a server and you can use a VNC viewer to see a VNC server.

The server computer needs to be on for a viewer to be able to see it. I am at school now so I told my mom to turn on my computer at home so that I could use VNC viewer. When she turned on the computer, the comp entered in DOS mode b/c there was a boot disk in the floppy drive. I had forgotten to take the boot disk out of my computer after I made it. The reaosn i made it was b/c I had just installed AVG virus scanner the day before I left for school and it suggested making a boot disk. It was not a complete boot disk, so the computer asked for the second disk and then "push any key".

I dont have a second disk, and I didn't want to use the boot disk anyway, so my mom turned off the comp and turned it back on.

What do you think the AVG boot disk could have done? When the comuter came on, apparently some Logitech error I have never seen before kept coming up (Logitech is the brand of my mouse). Also, I could not connect to the computer using VNC. B/c of these two things, and the fact that I had no idea hwat happened to my computer due to the boot up disk, I had my mom do a system restore.

The odd thing is that a lot of my System Restore dates were missing. I don't knwo how or why this happened. Windows should have made a restore point on the day before I left, but it didn't, or it did then deleted it. Also, all the restore points for the week prior to the week I left are gone. How would windows delete restore points if my computer hasn't even been on?

I was going to ask for help getting VNC working as well, but I just figured it out.

I would like to know whether I should undo the restore point or not, though, and in order to decide, I need to find out what the boot disk did.

Thank you for helping.

Bluefish · 08-31-2006

Hi Melodeath!
Welcome to PC Helpforum!

I found out that the AVG bootdisk restores critical system files, and it fixes the Master Boot Record.

What the status of your problem now, and what do you still want to be answered or fixed?

Blue

Melodeath · 08-31-2006

Well, I'd just like to know if the boot disk permanently changed anything. I'd also like to know if doing a System Restore would undo those changes, and also if there is any problem not doing a complete boot disk operation (since I only did one disk, and it asked for another disk).

I'm trying to find out if I should undo the System Restore I did or not, b/c it changed some stuff (like which virus scanner I have installed)

I'd also like to know if the boot disk actually did anything, sicne it wa sonly one disk, and not all the required data the computer needed.

Thank you very much.

Melodeath · 09-02-2006

Does anyone have these answers?

08-31-2006	#1
Melodeath Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	A Few Questions (Boot Disks etc.) I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but certain parts of this posts will certainly fit the forum. I am at college right now and before I left I set up VNC on my home computer so that I could access that computer from school here. VNC is just a program that you install that runs your computer as a server and you can use a VNC viewer to see a VNC server. The server computer needs to be on for a viewer to be able to see it. I am at school now so I told my mom to turn on my computer at home so that I could use VNC viewer. When she turned on the computer, the comp entered in DOS mode b/c there was a boot disk in the floppy drive. I had forgotten to take the boot disk out of my computer after I made it. The reaosn i made it was b/c I had just installed AVG virus scanner the day before I left for school and it suggested making a boot disk. It was not a complete boot disk, so the computer asked for the second disk and then "push any key". I dont have a second disk, and I didn't want to use the boot disk anyway, so my mom turned off the comp and turned it back on. What do you think the AVG boot disk could have done? When the comuter came on, apparently some Logitech error I have never seen before kept coming up (Logitech is the brand of my mouse). Also, I could not connect to the computer using VNC. B/c of these two things, and the fact that I had no idea hwat happened to my computer due to the boot up disk, I had my mom do a system restore. The odd thing is that a lot of my System Restore dates were missing. I don't knwo how or why this happened. Windows should have made a restore point on the day before I left, but it didn't, or it did then deleted it. Also, all the restore points for the week prior to the week I left are gone. How would windows delete restore points if my computer hasn't even been on? I was going to ask for help getting VNC working as well, but I just figured it out. I would like to know whether I should undo the restore point or not, though, and in order to decide, I need to find out what the boot disk did. Thank you for helping.

08-31-2006	#2
Bluefish Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Holland Posts: 2,208 PC Experience: Very Experienced	Hi Melodeath! Welcome to PC Helpforum! I found out that the AVG bootdisk restores critical system files, and it fixes the Master Boot Record. What the status of your problem now, and what do you still want to be answered or fixed? Blue __________________ PCHF Rules - You're Welcome! What's inside my PC? - Prework

08-31-2006	#3
Melodeath Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Well, I'd just like to know if the boot disk permanently changed anything. I'd also like to know if doing a System Restore would undo those changes, and also if there is any problem not doing a complete boot disk operation (since I only did one disk, and it asked for another disk). I'm trying to find out if I should undo the System Restore I did or not, b/c it changed some stuff (like which virus scanner I have installed) I'd also like to know if the boot disk actually did anything, sicne it wa sonly one disk, and not all the required data the computer needed. Thank you very much. Last edited by Melodeath; 08-31-2006 at 04:31 PM.

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09-02-2006	#4
Melodeath Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Does anyone have these answers?