Computer may be infected - Moved by Jintan

[Murf]

Really needed to see the Boot.ini file it controls where the computer is booting from.

Stick the XP CD in and boot from it, set the boot priority in your BIOS SETUP to CD as the first boot device.

1. When you receive the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM.
2. When you receive the "Welcome to Setup" message, press R to start the Recovery Console.
3. Select the installation that you have to use from the Recovery Console.
4. When you are prompted, type the administrator password, and then press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /list, and then press ENTER. The entries in your current Boot.ini file appear on the screen.
6. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /rebuild, and then press ENTER. This command scans the hard disks of the computer for Windows XP installations, and then displays the results. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to add the Windows installations to the Boot.ini file. For example, follow these steps to add a Windows XP installation to the Boot.ini file:
7. When you receive a message that is similar to the following message, press Y:

Total Identified Windows Installs: 1 or could be 3 then you probably will see either [1] C:\Windows.000 or others select the one you want.
Add installation to boot list? (Yes/No/All)

8. You receive a message that is similar to the following message:
Enter Load Identifier
This is the name of the operating system. When you receive this message, type the name of your operating system, and then press ENTER. This is either Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or name it anything you want.

9. You receive a message that is similar to the following:
Enter OS Load options
When you receive this message, type /fastdetect, and then press ENTER.

Note The instructions that appear on your screen may be different, depending on the configuration of your computer.

10. Type exit, and then press ENTER to quit Recovery Console. Your computer restarts, and the updated boot list appears when you receive the "Please select the operating system to start" message.

[Jerry56]

When I put in the xp disk and press any key to boot from Cd there was no welcome screen ,I had two options 1) press F6 (I don't for what) 2) Press F2 to run Recovery. then it just start loading some files , Then Screen Window XP Pro Set up started then I got the following screen:
The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on your computer.
Use the up & down arrows key to select an item in the list
: To set up window xp on select item press enter
: To create a partition in the unpartitioned space pree C
: To delete the selected partition press D

3920 mb disk 0 at id 0 on bus 0 on atapi (MBR)
C: Partition 1 (IBM Preload)(NTFS) 39205 mb (20315 mb Free)
2442 mb disk 0 at id1 on bus 0 on atapi (MBR)
D: Partition 1 (FAT) 2047 mb (1609 mb Free)
E: Partition 2 (FAT) 309mb (369mb Free)
Unpartitioned space 4mb


I also installed a second hard drive (Slave) to copy some of the files (before the PC stopped working.)

[Murf]

The XP CD you have do you know is this a recovery CD or a regular XP install disk. You should of gotten the opportunity to press (R) to enter the recover mode.

[Jerry56]

I don't know what kind of xp disk it is. I got it with the Computer which I bought on ebay.

[Murf]

When you booted from the CD and after Windows loads some files did you get a screen that said:

Welcome to Setup

• To set upindows XP now press Enter
• To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, Press R
• To quit Setup without Installing Windows XP, press F3

Did you see Press any key to boot from CD? If not then your BIOS Setup does not have CDROM as the first boot device.

[Jerry56]

Yes it did says 1) to set up windows press enter
2) Something about recovery press F2 (I don't remember the exact words)
3) To quit set up press F3
it also says Press any key to boot from CD.

[Jerry56]

O.K i found the "R" but when I enter the window that I want to restore and press enter it ask for Password , I don't use a password on the computer.
What should I do.?

[Murf]

Hit <ENTER> when assed for a password, instead, should go through