RE: What's the difference between...
- From: "clueLESS" <clueLESS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:41:02 -0700
Check this with others but heres my best guess. Plug the problem hd into the
second slot on the other pc. Place the no problems HD in the first slot and
set to CS (Cable Select) same with both. DO not save files from one HD to the
other!!!!!!!
USE a Virus scan program SELECTING DRIVE # 2 for deep SCAN (They will show
as (C:\) your booting HD and (D:\) the problem child) IF it works you will
be able to locate your personal files and Documents and back up to CD-DVD
etc.
If that works and you can recover your files AND have your XP software then
use a Formate and WIPE (OVERWRITE DATA program) to clean that HD----After
removing from working PC.
-- You didn't mention the TYPE OF HD---MAXTOR WESTERNDIGITIAL ETC? Please
Provide this info please. Also how old is the system?
Regarding your FAT vs NTFS ? XP usually formats as NTFS so I wouldn't worry
there. Remember the working HD will bot the system and hopefully give you
acses to the second HD using windows EXPLORER. GET YOUR FILES AND THEN BACK
THEM UPPP AND DO NOT CONNECT TO INTERNENT. Only if you need to update your
virus patterns BEFORE adding HD # 2 so there up to date. Keep us posted.
1)Type of HD (Both of them) size and model #'s
2)Age of the PC that pooped out on ya?
LTR
If it ain''t broke just give me 5 minutes alone with it!!!!!!!!
"ryjack" wrote:
> The PC froze after deleting several malware and Trojans. Shutdown, wouldn’t
> restart. Doesn’t read CD drive, but does see the DVD and floppy drives.
> Things tried include “how to get to system restore when you can’t boot” “how
> to repair corrupted registry from a command prompt” resource disk,
> diagnostics. After loading the proper 6 start up disks, I chose the “R”
> option. Looked like everything was going normal, then a dialogue box popped
> up with an Lsass system error, something about trying to update password
> being invalid. (no passwords were ever assigned). and that’s where we are. It
> just keeps recycling over and over. I read that this is sort of typical
> behavior for the sasser worm. Anyway, all attempts to do anything further
> gets the same result…this Lsass error. Trying the 6 disks again, gains me
> nothing, so choosing “R” here only gets me to where I was. Screen keeps
> displaying F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup. I was able to use the
> resource disk and ran diagnostics which indicated everything passed. Whatever
> that means.
>
> Then I thought I’d try to take the HD from this machine and install it to a
> different computer. This 2nd computer only has Windows XP installed. No other
> software. Swapped the hard drives. The exact same thing happened on the 2nd
> machine (Lsass error). I tried every F8 option and still the error. I did run
> chkdsk as mentioned in my 1st post and got back “one or more unrecoverable
> problems exist”. Is it normal for the clean computer to not recognize the
> hard drive? Or is it because the hard drive is only linked to the screwed up
> OS?
>
> Reading thru all of the terrific stuff you all have provided so far, I hope
> you can work me thru the slave idea on the 2nd computer. I thought of trying
> this, but not sure what I need to do it. Obviously I have 2 internal hard
> drives.(willing to buy an external if that makes sense) What cables do I need
> for a 2nd? I’d set the bad drive as the slave. Windows will run via the good
> drive, but what will occur if I try to access files on the bad drive? Will I
> be able to? FAT v NTFS? How do I know which? I have all original disks that
> came with the Dell system. I’ll go have a look at the various links you all
> shared. Thanks.
>
>
> "ryjack" wrote:
>
> > This may seem elementary, but since I don't know, I need to ask. What is the
> > difference between reformat, reinstall, and clean install? And do all of
> > these options require reinstalling all programs? Currently using XP Pro w/SP1
> > and downloaded SP2. OS is trashed, but hanging on to the hope we'll be able
> > to recover some of the files from the hard drive. Have considered getting a
> > new hard drive (external or internal) then start from there with possibly
> > adding the old HD as a 2nd. All salvage methods have been tried and failed,
> > so we know we need to get XP loaded as a starting point. From a command
> > prompt using chkdsk got message that 1 or more unrecoverable problems
> > existed. I guess ultimately I need someone's best guess on how to proceed
> > realizing I need to try to at some point recover some files from the old
> > drive. Any suggestions will be most appreciated. Thanks.
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