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So I think I messed up a file on my computer some time down the line. My adobe programs wouldnt open up anymore saying missing dll msvcp120.dll and i tried reinstalling quicktime but it kept saying something about my driver so I decided to do a system restore to when it was working properly and now it wont let me do a system restore saying "the drive cannot be found" not quite sure what to do. any suggestions? I tried reinstalling visual studio a couple of times still saying the same thing about a missing driver. 

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Clean install windows and reinstall everything?

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4 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Not sure how i would go about doing that. I already have a terabye and a half  worth of data on my computer.

Clean out some stuff dude.

Also use a second drive to store the data while you clean install.

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Aaaaaah most of the things I have on here I pretty much need. (Keyword 'most') It would take 100's of hours to reinstall them. My internet is garbage. And I have an external HD  thats already full with 1tb. Well, those are my excuses atleast. I was hoping there would be a different way to solve this, but if its the only way...

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You can't do system restore, because Windows can't find the drive (not driver) where restore point is. You can restore/repair with install media and have  your files saved. Or reinstall and save files as Windows.old.

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On 2/2/2017 at 2:33 AM, LoGiCalDrm said:

You can't do system restore, because Windows can't find the drive (not driver) where restore point is. You can restore/repair with install media and have  your files saved. Or reinstall and save files as Windows.old.

Would just restoring it to factory settings work just as well?

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Oh, that's just a missing redistributable.

 

Here, it's probably one of these.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

 

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Totally missed the whole driver thing.

It says the DRIVE cannot be found?

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