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Fatal05
My parents computer has a nasty worm, and I can't load the OS no matter what I do.

I've tried making many bootable anti-virus disks, but to no avail. They all refuse to boot with an error message along the lines of, "Cannot locate Kernel". http://www.askvg.com/download-free-b...re-and-others/

I've also tried plugging their HD into another computer, and scanning their HD (disk F) using the other computers virus scan (AVG 9.0).

I also attempted to run a check disk using the command chckdsk /F through the other computer, but it just rebooted and checked disk C. :swearing:

I should also note that when I attempt to look at, or display disk F's properties through my machine, It refuses to load/open/display anything. I just receive a "thinking" hourglass.

Reformatting is an absolute last resort, is there anything else I could try?
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xdanisx
When in doubt, wipe the hdd and reinstall the OS.

Store the needed data somewhere else ovcourse.
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I thought I was the only one that resorted to wiping the hdd and reinstall OS, its my favorite tactic. +rep xdanisx
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Bazmecc
did you do chkdsk f: /f? the way you wrote it, you didn't specify which drive, so it defaults to C:

have you tried the Ultimate Boot CD? it has loads of programs on there, and it loads into RAM and runs everything off the CD
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Yeah when it comes down to it usually a virus = reformat time. xdanisx is right
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Fatal05
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Originally Posted by Bazmecc View Post
did you do chkdsk f: /f? the way you wrote it, you didn't specify which drive, so it defaults to C:

have you tried the Ultimate Boot CD? it has loads of programs on there, and it loads into RAM and runs everything off the CD
Hmm, I'm retrying chkdsk.

Ultimate Boot looks cool, but I don't think it has any anti-virus things on there. Would there be any other way I could use it?

Thanks
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Bazmecc
the cool thing about the UBC is that you can also install programs, so if you have an anti-virus on a flash drive, you can install it and check the drive...just don't reboot after installing, since it's all in the RAM drive


you might need to change the default settings though...it uses only a 100MB RAM drive, so maybe it's not enough...just increase it on boot
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Quantum Reality
I'd be inclined to say, if it's this tough a fella to get rid of, write off the contents of the drive and slap an OS CD in, reinstall and call it a day.

Am surprised bootable AV CDs are barfing. Are you using the very latest incarnations of such and being sure to set the boot order so they are booted first?
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Fatal05
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Originally Posted by Bazmecc View Post
the cool thing about the UBC is that you can also install programs, so if you have an anti-virus on a flash drive, you can install it and check the drive...just don't reboot after installing, since it's all in the RAM drive


you might need to change the default settings though...it uses only a 100MB RAM drive, so maybe it's not enough...just increase it on boot
Cool! This program has a lot of stuff, and the fact that you can add even more is awesome. I'll see if I can't put AVG on this thing.


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I'd be inclined to say, if it's this tough a fella to get rid of, write off the contents of the drive and slap an OS CD in, reinstall and call it a day.

Am surprised bootable AV CDs are barfing. Are you using the very latest incarnations of such and being sure to set the boot order so they are booted first?
The drive has things on it that my parents need, and failed to back up (typical, lol). And yep, I'm using the latest and using the proper boot order.
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Quantum Reality
Good luck!
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