Need help asap!

[Simon Tibbett]

Ok so it all started earlier today I was on my desktop and had my USB flash drive in. Well I started getting Explorer error messages, and the computer kept randomly shutting off.

My girlfriends laptop had the same drive in it and started doing the same. Virus check confirmed bad things on the drive, so I quit using it.

HOWEVER, I tried to format my hard drive and it wouldn't let me, tons of errors and weird messages.

I got Windows to start and did the system restore which worked, now my desktop seems fine.

Her laptop however is bad. It won't start Windows, it comes to a Windows login screen, never had a login, you click OK, and it starts, but Explorer doesn't run. Then comes up with a error message and says it is closing.

However in recent minutes I start it and it starts normally, when the Windows music plays though it skips, then the screen goes blue, and shuts off faster then I can read the message. When I try to run the Windows XP disc it just says hard drive cannot be found. I am running a HD check on the BIOS screen right now.

ANY ideas how to fix this????

 

[Casio]

You've move the Virus's or whatever crap was on that USB drive onto your Computer's harddrives. Attempt to boot into Safe Mode and run whatever Virus Programs you have to see if you can detect it and get rid of it.

Now what you can do for me, to stop it restarting after the Blue Screen, and therefore allowing you do read what it says and post it here is this:


1. Click Start Button

2. On the Start Menu click Control Panel

3. When the Control Panel window opens click on the System icon

4. The system properties window opens

5. Click the Advanced tab

6. In the Advanced tab window locate the Start and Recovery section and press the Settings button

7. When the settings window opens look for the System failure section

8. Remove the check mark from the Automatically Restart option

9. Click OK

 

[Simon Tibbett]

Well I can't get to control panel it doesn't stay on long enough, it turns blue as the opening XP bells play. I did take a picture however...

 

[Simon Tibbett]

I've tried to run Safe Mode now, still goes to blue screen at Windows start up.

Anything else I should try off that advanced menu?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

You have autorun.zab, I would think. If you have a network and admin rights on the girlfriend's machine, you can remove the registry entries by opening regedt32 on your machine, and connecting to the registry on hers.

 

[Robin]

Try booting into safe mode and if you can't do that try booting from the windows cd.

To do this go into your bios when you boot and change the boot order to CD first.

Robin.