Re: hard drive problem
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:40:26 -0700
Brad wrote:
So the sequence was:
1. installed new disk drive
2. months later got a virus
3. was wiped? reformatted? wiping means exactly what? running the
write all 0's to all locations utility? takes many hours?
4. Windows was re installed?
4a which anti virus, anti spyware were installed BEFORE ever going
online? 5. message from messenger service saying get some program? did
you
go to their website and download something? which website/product
name? maybe this was a trick to upload virus malware to your
computer? 6. registry fix? what does this mean?
7. now when you reboot, the operating system is not found? what exact
message appears?
8. install old disk, the new disk as slave appears fine
thats good, what probably happened is your windows install was
zapped, most newer computers will look for a bootable resource and
boot it up, since you didnt say you changed bios settings sounds like
windows itself got corrupted.
steps now are save anything on that new disk, send them to the old
disk that runs windows
do a full wipe, all zeros,
Although it doesn't hurt to do " full wipe, all zeros," it's entirely
unnecessary and a waste of time. For all practical purposes, just formatting
will accomplish the same thing.
And I wouldn't be so quick to reformat and reinstall. It isn't at all clear
what his problem is, and there may well be a less draconian solution. You
ask good questions in 5, 6, and 7, above. Making recommendations as to how
to proceed before seeing the answers to those questions is premature.
format, install windows, install
antivirus, etc
set your system not to allow messenger service,
If he was getting Messenger Service popups, it was because he was running
without a firewall. There's no reason to turn off Messenger Service, and in
fact it has provided the warning that he was running without firewall
protection.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
it helps to load as
much as possible from cd rom before connecting online, set internet
explorer to high security
"jenn" <jenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:382372EB-447F-497E-9733-A0348B46ED29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
about 6 months ago i installed a new hard drive 160g maxtor,it
worked fine then it was attacked by a virus of some description and
it was wiped and reformatted,in doing so it developed a pop up from
messenger service advising
me to get a regedit/program.these pop ups were happening every
minute or so.i
did a regestry fix however it is not recognised on reboot.the strange
thing
is it can be recognised as a slave when replaced with my old hard
drive. any help would be appreciated
thank you
.
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