Re: BSOD troubles on WINXP system


Leonard Grey;4031741 Wrote:
To be sure you are ridding the computer of all installed malware you
need to erase the hard disk. Re-installing Windows over itself does not
remove a malware infection.

Yes, I realize that. I need to get a clean copy of the data that is on
that hard drive now. The hard drive is in NTFS. When I first tried to
install that hard drive in another computer, I couldn't see all
directory locations.. only a few. At the time I did that, I did not
have the administrator password. I've since hacked that password to
(null). Its not clear if I will be able to copy the data or not next
time I go in there. I'm rather nervous that I won't be able to make a
wholesome back up of the users My_documents folders... I've not seen
these combinations of problems. When I tried to look at the hard drive
from a linux box, it gave me mount errors. When I tried to look at that
hard drive from a WIN box, it wouldn't see all the directories. No
errors at all, just no data. I'm very comfortable with FTP backups over
local network.

I wanted to fix the computer long enough to do a FTP over my local
network to make a back up of the users data.


You can use a different, same-type Windows CD to install Windows, so
long as you have a valid product key. The product key is on a sticker
that should be attached to the computer. I think I can nibble the key off of hard drive using the ntuser.dat
trick referenced in my edit above. Again, I was really hoping to do the
Jelly Bean Keyfinder graphically in a "temporarily repaired" computer.

The problem with using an anti-malware install CD to remove malware is
that the CD will not have the latest signatures needed to identify
malware. To get updated signatures the software has to be installed -
which requires a valid license for the software - and then updated
from
the company's website. Yes, I realize that.. big sigh. Again, I just wanted to go live
(er... go graphical OS) long enough to FTP My_documents data to backup
and obtain a copy of the WinXP key.

thanks for your ideas on this one.
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