lildrummerboy09

I have been having major issues with my computer.

I had a virus on my computer and I was able to get rid of it using active pro scanning. Everything looked to be all good but the comp told me I needed to repair because some system files got messed up. I repaired my partition but thats where the real problem started. Once it restarted... a loop started. Right after the screen where it recognizes that it did not start regularly and u can either choose to have it start normally or on safe mode, it restarts to the beginning. I don't know how to fix it. I really want to avoid reformatting.

I did the CHKDSK and there were no errors...

help? please?

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thlnk3r

lildrummerboy09, what kind of "repair on the partition" did you do? Did you boot directly to the XP cd and run the repair option? Your right though, sounds like the anti-virus software also removed some of your system files along with the virus(s).

Let us know

Good luck

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archangelabove

Yea. Sounds like some your AV program was made by some idiots. .

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lildrummerboy09

yes i booted off of xp. i went to the install windows option and repaired the partition instead of deleting it

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budgetgamer

Agree. I smell format....
Good luck to ya!!

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lildrummerboy09

is there any way I can avoid formatting?? There is a ton I can lose. I would rather buy a new hdd... instal xp... and copy my stuff over

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thlnk3r

Archangelabove, well in his case he may have had a rootkit virus which almost always will hide itself in the registry. So his AV application probably deleted some registry entries that were also part of the OS. That's kind of what I think...

Lildrummerboy, what you suggest his possible but be careful. Your current HD could still have a virus on it. When I perform data recovery, I almost always boot to a Live CD to run my data recovery tools. The files are typically saved to a network drive or to a USB connected device.

Good luck

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Originally Posted by txtmstrjoe:
"Steppings merely indicate possible outcomes due to the law of averages being in your favor."

lildrummerboy09

ok il give that a try

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Retrospekt

Go to windows repair and type /fdisk mbrfix or something along those lines. It fixes the master boot record.

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lildrummerboy09

I did both of those and it didn't fix it... any other ideas?

I was able to save some files using ERD. So it is not AS big of deal to format... but I still want to avoid it...

Are there any other repair commands that might fix it?

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