start menu missing

when an update is installed before the computer automatically shuts down..
before it was finished i turned my computer off. now the start menu is
missing.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> What exactly is an "update installation of windows"?
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> kinni eala wrote:
> > i aborted an update installation of windows and when i turned my computer on
> > the following day my start menu was missing. what can i do to fix this?
>

You should not turn your computer off during an installation, but I
guess you know that by now. Your computer is now in an unstable state.
If you're lucky you have a restore point from just before the updates
installed. Otherwise you'll need to reinstall Windows.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

kinni eala wrote:
> when an update is installed before the computer automatically shuts down..
> before it was finished i turned my computer off. now the start menu is
> missing.
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> What exactly is an "update installation of windows"?
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> kinni eala wrote:
>>> i aborted an update installation of windows and when i turned my computer on
>>> the following day my start menu was missing. what can i do to fix this?

is there a way for me to reinstall windows but my desktop files wont be
removed?

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> You should not turn your computer off during an installation, but I
> guess you know that by now. Your computer is now in an unstable state.
> If you're lucky you have a restore point from just before the updates
> installed. Otherwise you'll need to reinstall Windows.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> kinni eala wrote:
> > when an update is installed before the computer automatically shuts down..
> > before it was finished i turned my computer off. now the start menu is
> > missing.
> >
> > "Leonard Grey" wrote:
> >
> >> What exactly is an "update installation of windows"?
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Leonard Grey
> >> Errare humanum est
> >>
> >> kinni eala wrote:
> >>> i aborted an update installation of windows and when i turned my computer on
> >>> the following day my start menu was missing. what can i do to fix this?
>

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:38:00 -0700, kinni eala
<kinnieala.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> is there a way for me to reinstall windows but my desktop files wont be
> removed?


If you reinstall Windows, you lose *everything* on the drive.

However, there is also something called a "Repair Installation." If
you do a Repair Installation, it should not affect anything but the
operating system itself (although there are no guarantees, and it's
always prudent to first be sure you have a good backup of anything you
can't afford to lose). But a Repair Installation really just repairs
some things, and isn't a real installation at all. Sometimes it fixes
problems you may be experiencing; other times it may not.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Your desktop will be replaced with the default Windows desktop, so if
there are files on your desktop that you want to keep, move them to My
Documents. Reinstalling Windows - as opposed to erasing your hard disk
and starting fresh - does not affect the contents of My Documents.

You should always backup before reinstalling Windows. Make a backup copy
of every file and folder you wouldn't want to lose. Just in case.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

kinni eala wrote:
> is there a way for me to reinstall windows but my desktop files wont be
> removed?
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> You should not turn your computer off during an installation, but I
>> guess you know that by now. Your computer is now in an unstable state.
>> If you're lucky you have a restore point from just before the updates
>> installed. Otherwise you'll need to reinstall Windows.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> kinni eala wrote:
>>> when an update is installed before the computer automatically shuts down..
>>> before it was finished i turned my computer off. now the start menu is
>>> missing.
>>>
>>> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>>>
>>>> What exactly is an "update installation of windows"?
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> kinni eala wrote:
>>>>> i aborted an update installation of windows and when i turned my computer on
>>>>> the following day my start menu was missing. what can i do to fix this?