Virus Problem

[holocube]

Hi,

I was just downloading a video from kazaa the windows halted apaarently for security reasons, I guess this was due to a virus as now the drive will not boot for this error. I cannot reinstall windows also due to this halt and automated Recovery Console is not installed. I have another drive, but cannot boot it as master over the infected drive as it is running a previous version of Windows. Both drives are on WindowsXP Professional.

Is it possible to access the command prompt during boot-up such as the OS options menu in Win98 as this is the only way I can see of accessing the drive except installing the same version of Windows on the working drive, updating it, and hoping it will boot master over the other drive.

[holocube]

Addition: It seems that the working drive is booting as master over the faulting one, only the error is still apparent as the slave is initiated. I have now tried several floppy-boot combinations and now the only possibility I can see is to reload Win98 and then load XP back ontop of that?

[TheMajor]

why don't you change the jumper settings and make the master a slave and the slave a master..then try again to set a different boot volume in your BIOS (or keep it at first)and try to boot the working XP

[holocube]

I had the jumpers and everything set correctly, I think now that it was booting as i wished but the error was still showing. This is annoying me now ;)

ps. I can boot the working drive without incorporation of the other, that is how I accessed the forums etc.

[holocube]

OK, I'll soon be downgrading to 98 and back again as this seems the only way. Thx anyway :)

[holocube]

May be making some headway, hopefully. I've managed to boot the computer with both drives connected via raid. The drive is now recognised as raw format with no properties, anybody know anything about this?

[holocube]

Well, i guess it was a disk failure not a virus as the error has now stopped appearing and windows, as I said in the previous post does not recognise the drive properly when booted as slave. The drive will not boot as host (DMI Pool Data unrecognisable), Drive has not been accessed in between original failure and now so I cannot see how it could be a virus problem.

Overall: someone hand me a large calibre WW2 M1A1 Carbine or similar rare single purpose weapon; I wish to dispose of myself in a fashionable, puzzling manner, apparelled with an over-elaborately ludicrous and quizzical outfit, furthermore deeming its expensive self completely useless, soon to be covered in the unremovable massacre of myself.

Thank you, lol.

[Moose on the Loose]

Helpful forum aye :)

[holocube]

It's obviously due to my immence expertese and greatness in all areas that no help could be offered. lol.