From: ctcboater@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 6/5/2011 5:18 PM, Big Bill wrote:   
   > On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:28:24 -0400, Bob CP   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 6/5/2011 1:22 PM, Clogwog wrote:   
   >>> "Big Bill"  schreef in bericht   
   >>> news:0ndnu6t91huj884fi7tejkcbfe3aumb179@4ax.com...   
   >>>> Troubles again, sigh... the machine threw up a message like a   
   >>>> javascript error saying it had detected a hard drive error and to   
   >>>> restart and run a diagnostic. I rebooted and it won't get past the XP   
   >>>> screen. It's XP SP3, anyone have any ideas please? At the moment I'm   
   >>>> just leaving it off for the time being to see if it sorts itself out   
   >>>> overnight. Crossing fingers! It hasn't been misbehaving or anything.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Many thanks,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> BB   
   >>>>   
   >>> Safe mode?   
   >>> Fucked HD?   
   >>   
   >> I might even skip the safe-mode boot and boot from a Live Linux CD in   
   >> order to copy any critical data to some other media.  Once that's done,   
   >> then run some hard-drive diagnostics.  If you get a crash running Linux,   
   >> you probably have a hardware problem: Cooling fan, power supply, memory   
   >> stick or motherboard.  If the thing freezes copying from the hard drive,   
   >> also check the drive cables and connections.   
   >   
   > Know what I got, Bob? Thanks for your help by the way. I think I got a   
   > virus. I booted, let it run, bits of the screen came up, dark   
   > background so no desktop, very few programs can be accessed and not   
   > Spybot or Malwarebytes, they're just not visible in the program   
   > menu... instead I get this program screen calling itself Windows XP   
   > Recovery and looking all official, telling me I have critical errors   
   > and 31% of the drive is unreadable (I tried twice more and it varies   
   > the amount of the drive that's unreadable, it goes up and down). It   
   > says it can try to fix those errors, and tries to, and it says it has   
   > fixed some but to fix the others, well, I have to go online and pay to   
   > become a premium member. Golly gee - you think that could be a virus?   
   > :-) I look in the programs menu and there it is, it's a recent   
   > installation and I never knowingly installed it. It offers the option   
   > to uninstall it but that seems too easy to me, I'm suspicious. Trouble   
   > is, there's no info on this thing on the web so I must have an early   
   > version. Somewhere I've got Spybot on a disc so I'm trying to locate   
   > that. This could be a bugger to get rid of :-(   
   >   
   > BB   
   So - have you tried booting into Safe Mode?  You might be able to do a   
   scan and/or System Restore from there.  Or, you might first try a Linux   
   boot with an integrated anti-virus program. Also, Google some of your   
   error messages verbatim.  Some hints might pop up.   
      
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