How to restore folders lost due to virus
There's a simple story like this;
"My computer was infected with the virus, after I scan using antivirus, virus was successfully omitted or cleaned, but when after I restart there are several folders on my computer is missing".
"Flashdisk virus, after the scan using antivirus, flash free from viruses, but how come when I try to open it flasdisk on another computer many folders missing, has been trying to look for the Properties Tools, Folder Options, View, Show Hidden Files and Folders, can seen but to throw the attribute checklist but still can not get turned on? ".
Of the two issues, we can conclude that we work computer virus that berekstensikan. Scr.
The workings of this virus is very simple as changing any folder on your computer or a flash file application with the capacity is doubled to 32 Kb (written when we open). and when try to clean using antivirus from one vendor, the virus can be eliminated but the effect was generated from scanning folders that are attacked by the virus is becoming lost.
Actually, the folder is not lost but just hidden. And folders are missing we can return to menggukan attrib command at a command prompt. The way is very simple but before peeling how to restore the missing folder will we peeled a little about this attribute.
To view the Properties attribute can be done in two ways:
1. Through Windows Prompt
2. Through the Command Prompt
Command attribute works in DOS command prompt, it has some salahsatunya function is to set the attributes of a file if the file will be
attribute:
- Read-only file attribute
- Archive file attribute
- File System Attibut
- Hidden File Attributes
To restore the missing folder using the second way is through the command prompt.
The stages are as follows:
1. Click on start
2. Then select run
3. Then type the word cmd
4. Next will come the command prompt
5. Well this is the most important part of our discussion this time, at the command prompt we type attrib /? To know some commands on the attribute properties through command prompt.
6. later on it will appear sederatan pompt sentence describing attributes such as:
- Sign (+) for an attribute sets
- Sign (-) for an attribute Clears
- The letter R for read-only file attributes
- The letter A for the Archive file attribute
- The letter S for System file attribute
- The letter H for Hidden file attribute
- / S to the equation file in the previous folder and all subfolders on the computer
- / D for the process to be conducted on the folder itself
7. Go back to the folder that is missing is the command that we type in the command prompt is: (type the command on Drive C: \> or D: \> Folder or where there are missing).
attrib-s-h *. * / S / D
8. The next computer refresh or all drives in our computers, the result is BAM!!, Missing folder appears again.
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