EDIT Milou64 - 29/07/08 :
It finally appears that CCleaner is NOT involved at ALL, and I apologize for this confusion...
CLEANUP! is the only responsible, and still goes crashing PCs since 2006 in a way that defies the worst virus ever...
Please read this if you want to know more about this CCleaner "like"...
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=109851
then the Cleanup! forum, with a very special attention to the author's "response" about such a mess...
http://forums.stevengould.org/viewtopic.php?t=243
Hi,
Excuse me for my english, I will try to make myself as clear as possible.
Two days ago, a friend of mine told me about CCleaner, then I installed the software on my PC.
I ran it yesterday for the first time. I then asked CCleaner to delete :
- temporary internet files
- the "prefetch" directory
- *.tmp files and *.bak files
I asked NONE of the "advanced" options or any other "dangerous" option.
I just wanted to test the software to clean ordinary "crap files" I ordinary clean manually.
CCleaner did its job and erased about 100Mo, then it displayed the log screen ?
I got very surprised that it asked me to log because I never "log" of any kind using Windows XP !
I thought all of this was "normal" procedure, then I logged-on using the only account available on the log screen.
I thought I then will go back to the Windows desktop, but since that moment, I cannot boot my PC.
When I try to boot, everything loads until the Windows Welcome Screen appears, and then the system halts completely.
I tried to boot using any of the safe modes available. I tried them all but the system always freezes.
I can't even read the content of C: using DOS mode just because it also freezes !
It stops loading Windows after the Welcome Screen, and in the best case, it goes a little further on, when Windows tries to display the desktop.
In that case, I get a black screen with the arrow cursor in the middle of it, and then the loading process stops.
I got a black screen with an arrow cursor I can move across the screen, then nothing...
I've been trying boot sequences for hours with no results at all. In a word, my PC is completely crashed...
I will buy a new hard drive this afternoon then install a Windows XP on it.
I will then be able to read my former hard drive to try to recover from this nightmare, but I really don't know HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE SITUATION BEFORE I LAUNCHED CCleaner ?
Is there a procedure to restore all the files CCleaner deleted, so that I can reboot with my former hard drive and get everything back as it was before I use that software ?
Thank you very much in advance for any help of any kind.