Re: Panicking! Crashed, cannot reboot in any mode!! HELP!!
- From: "Chad Harris" <Win7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 00:44:31 -0400
"SIW2" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ae08316ad089735a6951aaa73c6083d9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Chad Harris;1037924 Wrote:"Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#owj#fqzJHA.6132@xxxxxx> > >
> > Sunne wrote:
> >> > > > >
> > >>
> > >> I apologize in advance - this will be detailed so as to limit the
> > >> question of what I have tried so far...
> > >>
> > >> I'm running Vista on a Sony Vaio purchased new in 9/08. I have > > >> never
> > >> had any problems until this morning. My husband used my pc this
> > morning
> > >> to go to Tax Brain, and on his log on there was a Adobe Update > > >> ready
> > to
> > >> download. When I went to log him off, I decided to download the
> > update;
> > >> then the update stopped saying that there was a corrupt file on > > >> it.
> > So I
> > >> logged off his side and signed into mine (btw, he has NO
> > adminitrative
> > >> rights), I then tried to open my Windows Live Mail...it then
> > prompted me
> > >> for a password, which it NEVER does because it's already saved. > > >> Then
> > >> another alert came up that a file in live mail was corrupt; I
> > freaked
> > >> out and tried to access Norton (which is up to date) and it > > >> wouldn't
> > let
> > >> me. Next thing I know a blue screen comes up and says that windows
> > is to
> > >> be shut down to prevent damage; it suggested I restart the > > >> computer
> > and
> > >> try to open in safe mode and determine what files may be at fault.
> > >> {Incidentally, yesterday Norton detected "Backdoor.Trojan" or
> > something
> > >> of that nature; I looked up the detail report and it said that it
> > was
> > >> blocked and fully removed from my system, and I was ablel to use > > >> the
> > pc
> > >> until 9pm with no problem - after booting up this morning is when
> > the
> > >> trouble began.} Ok, so I tried rebooting in each and every mode
> > >> available on that inital error screen. The rebooting goes down all
> > the
> > >> drivers until it gets to crcdisk.sys...then it quits and gives me
> > that
> > >> damn blue screen again that advises me to try rebooting in safe
> > mode. I
> > >> cannot reboot at all.
> > >>
> > >> Now, I have downloaded an iso file of Vista recovery to my thumb
> > drive
> > >> using the tutorial on this site; and I have plugged it into the pc
> > upon
> > >> startup...with same result as before. Nothing. I am not able to > > >> burn
> > a
> > >> DVD because the old laptop I'm on right now only has a CD-R and a
> > >> DVD-Rom. I don't have any blank CD's here and my husband is at > > >> work;
> > >> we're pressed for cash also...so I'm pretty screwed all the way
> > around.
> > >> To make matters worse, I have an assignment and my finals (I'm
> > finishing
> > >> school at 31) due today, tomorrow and this weekend. I don't have a
> > vista
> > >> recovery cd, none was provided when i bought my pc. And now i have
> > >> absolutely no idea what to do...I need help guys, please, PLEASE
> > help
> > >> me.> > > > >
> > I know you won't like to hear this, but you could be having
> hardware
> > issues.
> > If you can't afford to take the machine to a professional (and
> don't use a
> > BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place), then you are simply
> going to
> > have to get hold of a friend with a DVD burner. You need to burn
> the Vista
> > recovery disk and try a System Restore to when things worked. Is
> this
> > where
> > you got the recovery disk .iso?
> >
> > 'Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download — The NeoSmart
> Files'
> (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/)
> >
> > Trying the System Restore from the Vista recovery disk you will
> make
> > (remember to burn as an image and not as data) will help narrow
> down the
> > troubleshooting. If you can't do a System Restore, it's time to
> test the
> > hard drive.
> >
> > I understand and am sympathetic about money being tight, but
> wishing isn't
> > going to change anything. If your hard drive has died, it has
> died and
> > that's all she wrote. You need to find out what's wrong and get
> it fixed.
> > Go to a friend's house and do your assignments on his/her
> computer to take
> > the pressure off you. Then you can troubleshoot your computer
> with a
> > little
> > more breathing space.
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > MS-MVP
> > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> > 'index' (http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ) > >
Also Malke--
Borrowing a DVD writer, and some media that will hold 120MB of files,
and
doing the Startup Repair menu options and the F8 options would take
all of
one hour.
While it's been more than a year ago for me, I remember final exams
in
different schools, (and I'm sure you do) Board exams, etc. and when
you have
exams coming up on the weekend following a Wednesday which would
mean they
start Friday, you're feeling some pressure to get hold of whatever
notes,
etc. you need on your computer where you can do your thing in
private. Many
people don't have the notes, docs, whatever they need to take finals
on on
another computer. Some finals include take home essays. Who knows?
The Neosmart files that you download in the .iso from its links are
only
120MB so she only needs to burn a CD. She should be able to borrow a
DVD or
even a CD burner from whomever she can get the media from, if what
she says
means she doesn't have a burner of any type. It's not precisely
clear
whether she can burn a CD on that old notebook or not.
"because the old laptop I'm on right now only has a CD-R (??????)[CD
Reader
maybe] and a DVD-Rom."
She may mean the laptop has the ability to burn a CD but among
neighbors, a
DVD writer shouldn't be hard to find where she gets some media.
Best I can recollect, Dell for example was routinely putting CD
burners in
boxes in the year 2000, and maybe OEMs were doing it earlier than
that. DVD
burners came a little bit later.
Informal History of CD/DVD Burning
'A short history of CD(VD)Burn'
(http://www.hubersn-software.com/history.html)
And as in many cases, if the OP doesn't check back, or borrow a
burner, we
can't do that for her.
CH
Hi,
Just to keep you all up to speed - this is continuing on Vista Forums.
Looks like it was the the malware getting aggressive after she
restarted the pc.
She has managed to do a system recovery , but there wasn't enough space
to save the existing contents of the partition.
I have suggested some free apps. that I found could recover deleted
files - even after a format.
If you want to follow it, here's the link:
http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/225938-omg-can-someone-please-help-me-6.html#post1037928
Hope it helps
SIW2
--
SIW2
SIW2--
Great screenshots over at Vista forums--how do you do those? I may have a couple drinks before I read her LOL " OMG" posts on that thread. I mean she seems to have snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory, and right now I haven't read what the hell she was doing with Office. I'm sure I'll have a couple drinks before I read the rest of that.
CH
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