Windows XP Recovery
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22 Jan 2010, 14:57
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Hey Crossfire!
I require some assistance here ;p
My uncle had a trojan on his laptop and he asked me to remove it. I found it and put it into quarantine.
Just to be sure I wanted to boot into safe mode and check again. So I activated /SAFEBOOT via msconfig and rebooted. Didn't work, XP crashed. Then I tried „last known good configuration“ and it crashed again. „Safe mode with command prompt“ and all other options didn't work either, it always restarts while trying to boot Windows.
The next thing I tried was to run the recovery console from the XP installation CD in order to load a restore point. It finds the current XP installation but while I'm navigating to the restore points the Laptop simply goes black (turns off).
Now I presume it may be a hardware problem (overheating, broken RAM/hard drive) but before I send my uncle to a computer repair shop I want to be sure.
So what do you think, anything else I could try?
I require some assistance here ;p
My uncle had a trojan on his laptop and he asked me to remove it. I found it and put it into quarantine.
Just to be sure I wanted to boot into safe mode and check again. So I activated /SAFEBOOT via msconfig and rebooted. Didn't work, XP crashed. Then I tried „last known good configuration“ and it crashed again. „Safe mode with command prompt“ and all other options didn't work either, it always restarts while trying to boot Windows.
The next thing I tried was to run the recovery console from the XP installation CD in order to load a restore point. It finds the current XP installation but while I'm navigating to the restore points the Laptop simply goes black (turns off).
Now I presume it may be a hardware problem (overheating, broken RAM/hard drive) but before I send my uncle to a computer repair shop I want to be sure.
So what do you think, anything else I could try?
Oh did I already mention, all the important stuff is on C:\ ":D"
If it's not the hardware, then why does it turn off after some time while I'm still typing?
thanks a lot!
That surely isn't hardware prob, the xp on the hd is just badly corrupted. So if you can't format it, try to put there external hd and put windows there, or take the hd out and attach it to another pc where you can copy the data and then format it
insert linux cd
insert usb memstick
copy files
format
Thanks to you guys I have some options to back up the files now :)
start gparted
resize C:\
create D:\
install XP on D:\
backup important files
Ok atm I'm using ubuntu to copy all the files to the external hard drive. It's quite similar to Windows so it's really comfortable.
btw. about that shutdowns. Is it some old HP laptop? My friend had the same.. the problem was in bad battery but i somehow managed to install OS after zillion trys. The problem never occured in windows after that, just in boot menu so it was kinda weird.
I have little knowledge about linux but I'm gonna try this way, too - just to see what works best in case something similar happens again.
Regarding the shutdowns: It's a Medion OEM PC, so it's quite possible that there's a similar reason for the shutdowns.
E: Removed the battery: still won't boot.
E2: ubuntu works great. Oh and thanks btw =)
save ur uncles shit
format