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HELP! Computer has gone crazy

Started by Aggro5288 Mar 9, 2003 at 10:23 AM 10 replies 1.6k views

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Mar 9, 2003 at 10:23 AM

Something happened to my computer somehow yesterday ... it was fine last night but I went to start it today and all I got was a screen that said 1. go to safe mode 2. safe mode w command prompt 3. safe mode w networking 4. last configs that worked 5. start windows normally Ive done all of these options and it just boots back to that same screen ... I definetly dont wanna reformat bc all my programming and website things are on there ... btw im on my moms comp now anyone have suggestions?

sanguineraven

Mar 9, 2003 at 10:28 AM

Eat the hard drive and absorb the knowledge, get a knew one and regurgitate the knowledge.

I walk through hell, with red kisses from murderous gods blistering my priestly flesh. Walk with me, for I am Raven. Walk with me, through paths of hatred. Walk with me, through paths of cruelty. Walk with me through Raven''s clockwork orange house of fun.
Quoth the Raven, nevermore...

AnonymousPosterChild

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AnonymousPosterChild

Mar 9, 2003 at 10:31 AM

quote:
Original post by sanguineraven
Eat the hard drive and absorb the knowledge, get a knew one and regurgitate the knowledge.

I walk through hell, with red kisses from murderous gods blistering my priestly flesh. Walk with me, for I am Raven. Walk with me, through paths of hatred. Walk with me, through paths of cruelty. Walk with me through Raven''s clockwork orange house of fun.
Quoth the Raven, nevermore...

Don''t listen to him. That solution causes bowel irritation.

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This is the polish virus. It is not an executable, but if you would kindly format your entire harddrive, we would be happy.

Extrarius

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Extrarius

Mar 9, 2003 at 10:33 AM

That happened to me on my new computer and I fixed it by using the XP repair option hidden deep under the "Install XP" option on my XP Pro installation CD. Didn''t have to reformat, but I had to reinstall all windows updates because it erased them.

Aggro5288

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Aggro5288

Mar 9, 2003 at 10:36 AM

So when u hit repair it worked and you didnt lose your files? Just the windows updates correct?

Aggro5288

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Aggro5288

Mar 9, 2003 at 2:48 PM

I cant figure it out ... any suggestions anyone?? HELP ME!!

George2

Mar 9, 2003 at 3:12 PM

quote:
Original post by Aggro5288
I cant figure it out ... any suggestions anyone?? HELP ME!!

Stick the hard drive in another pc, backup your files, put it back, format c: and reinstall windows

Aggro5288

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Aggro5288

Mar 10, 2003 at 6:19 PM

Ok ... what I did was get a new harddrive since my first one was almost full anyways. Then I was planning to put windows on the new one, but it wouldnt let me ... so I put a whole new copy of windows on the original ... it boots to that and all my files are there EXCEPT I can''t get into my documents on the old windows, which is where most of the stuff I didnt want to lose was, it says access denied ... anyone know how I can get around this? I know the files are still there, I just cant get into it...

The Heretic

Mar 10, 2003 at 8:08 PM

Why didn''t you just fix your boot.ini file... Change it so it doesn''t boot in safe mode...

Aggro5288

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Aggro5288

Mar 10, 2003 at 9:50 PM

It doesnt boot in safe mode ... I basically said screw it, took the old hd out, put the new one in and started over ... my mom''s friend is gonna try to hack into my docs on the old one ... i have no clue if it will work ... but i think hes done it b4 ... im just glad my comp works again ... sorta

EmV

Mar 11, 2003 at 9:55 AM

quote:
Original post by Aggro5288
Ok ... what I did was get a new harddrive since my first one was almost full anyways. Then I was planning to put windows on the new one, but it wouldnt let me ... so I put a whole new copy of windows on the original ... it boots to that and all my files are there EXCEPT I can't get into my documents on the old windows, which is where most of the stuff I didnt want to lose was, it says access denied ... anyone know how I can get around this? I know the files are still there, I just cant get into it...

I had the same problem. Here's what I did.
1. create a dos32 partition.
2. Boot Knopix and mount your old drive and the new dos32 partition and copy the files to the dos32 partition.

You have to use a dos32 partition because linux should not write to a ntfs partition.

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[edited by - emv on March 11, 2003 10:55:50 AM]

smiley4

Mar 11, 2003 at 10:18 AM

I feel your pain except I''m screwed. My computer was put together by Compac so I don''t have the original disk and my XP professional won''t fix it either!

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