Re: DVD RW drive not working after computer virus

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

cutehumor wrote:
I had the virtuemonde virus on my sony vaio pcv rs520. I finally
got rid of it. It severly messed with my pc. It deactivated my
xp, would not let me do an online antivirus scan in safe mode,
windows xp would not load, it took 9 hours to scan 120 gb hd. I
finally got rid of it. now, I have some issues. HL-DT-ST GWA 4040b
dvd-rw drive not working. will not play cds or dvds. every
software I have is giving me an error or is completely freezing my
computer. dvd shrink gives me an "I/O error" Windows media player
says the "disc is diry or damaged, turn on error correction"
However, I put the disc in the second dvd rom drive and it plays
perfectly in windows media player. I checked device manager, device
manager had it incorrectly listed as "cd-rom" and not "dvd-rw" The
virus must have did that. I uninstalled "cd-rom", rebooted, now
device manager correctly lists as 'dvd-rw" drive. says it is
enabled and working properly. I have tested this dvd rw drive and
put a windows xp oem disc in to boot from. Windows xp loads all
the way until you install. So the dvd-rw drive must work? This
must be a windows xp issue? the dvd-rw drive worked a week before
I got the virus. the dvd-rw drive is seen in "my computer" I also
loaded the default bios with no luck.


other things this virus messed up..My ethernet card. I had to
reset the winsock in command prompt to get back online. I can't
right click the desktop without freezing the entire pc (I read the
context menu in the registry is corrupt)

any help will be greatly appreciated

Format and install everything clean to ensure you actually, "... finally got
rid of it ..."

Chances are - you did not and even if you did - things are so FUBAR - it
will be faster (and just more secure) for you to format and install
everything clean.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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Yeah but a fresh install will wipe out all my movies, vacation trip photos,
and all my programs. will a repair install do?
.

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