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Virus \ pain in the a$$

  • 10-12-2008 11:01AM
    #1
    testing_times
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Lads,
    My laptop seems to be infected - at the start I was unable to browse, everything else worked but everytime i would restart the machine less would be available - its got to the stage where I cant boot the comp up, nothing happens.
    I don't really care about about the contents I just want to get it up and running again.
    Whats the easiest way to format and re-install?
    What boot disk's etc would I need?

    Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Do you have the CD with the operating system?
    Do you have a floppy disk slot? A floppy disk?


  • #3
    testing_times
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭testing_times


    Hey,
    Yeah I have the windows CD that came with the machine.
    No floppy drive so I guess I will need to make a cd book disk?


  • #4
    testing_times
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭testing_times


    Ohh I have tried booting with the windows CD to do a re-install - no joy, the install wouldn't complete.
    Cant remember the exact message I got - its been a while since I look at this


  • #5
    giggsirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭giggsirish


    testing_times wrote: »
    Ohh I have tried booting with the windows CD to do a re-install - no joy, the install wouldn't complete.
    Cant remember the exact message I got - its been a while since I look at this

    Whats the Make, Model of laptop? Most laptops have the ability to reinstall the Op system from a partition on the HD. Worth a shot. Other than that if you boot the laptop into safe mode it stops many of the Nastys starting up. This then allows you remove them.


  • #6
    testing_times
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭testing_times


    Its a Dell 1501 Inspiron.
    I cant even boot into safe mode - during bootup the machine freezes so I have to manually turn it off and try again.
    I think the only option is to create a book disk, format, make some new partitions and install a fresh version of windows - basically return iit to factory default.


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  • #7
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,435 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    What age is your laptop?

    Is it possible that the Hard Drive is faulty?


  • #8
    testing_times
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭testing_times


    will be 2 year old in Feb - doubt the drive is faulty. If it happened all of a sudden perhaps but because is seems to have failed over a couple of hours, in that it acted like it was infected I believe i just picked something up.


  • #9
    giggsirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭giggsirish


    testing_times wrote: »
    Its a Dell 1501 Inspiron.
    I cant even boot into safe mode - during bootup the machine freezes so I have to manually turn it off and try again.
    I think the only option is to create a book disk, format, make some new partitions and install a fresh version of windows - basically return iit to factory default.

    Have you tried SAFE mode with CMD prompt?

    Also

    With most DELLS hitting "CTRL+F11" will bring you through to the Dell System recovery process. (If you havent over written the partition that is) I have used this method many times repairing a file system on a users laptop.

    Give it a go.


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