AZKC
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Posted: July 07 2009,9:15 am
Post # 1
So usually when little things start happening you know the big ones coming Our desktop is flat lining. Something focked over the hard drive or the thing just took a chit. Can't get to any programs like restore and won't load any cd-roms to boot-up. The external hard drive won't boot up.
I can access C prompt and found a command to run restore thru there but it won't accept it.
Of course last back up was a couple weeks ago, but I still want to recover this thing for the last 2 weeks data. Gota learn to back up everyday dammit and I would throw this thing in the garbage
God is Great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy......
shueman
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Posted: July 07 2009,11:32 am
Post # 4
If you can get to the "C:\" prompt, you might be able to copy the data to a USB device. Another idea would be to pull the drive and plug it into another tower as a slave...
SyncToy from Microsoft is FREE and you scan set it to run daily, backing up to an external USB drive...
AZKC
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Posted: July 07 2009,6:58 pm
Post # 7
Got the biatch started up in Safe Mode finally But in the Safe Mode Only no extras. Tried with networking and it started wiggin out again. System restore is still not accessable but it looks like I should be able to transfer the important files to an external. which I thought I had all ready done but when I checked there was nada
Not to mention all the havac its causing on my home network since its computer #1
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BigBoyToys
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Posted: July 07 2009,10:43 pm
Post # 12
It's a virus. Rootkit. GUARANTEE you that's what it is going by all of the symptoms you mentioned. There are a few going around that are disabling the Network Cards and The System Restore and making drives do goofy things.
If you can get it into safe mode, and can read a drive (CD ROM or Thumb Drive etc) then go to a different computer, download AVAST! Home Edition (It's free at Download.com) install it, and it will ask you if you want to run a boot up scan after it restarts....Click on YES!
When the AVAST finds the rootkits, make sure you delete them all
BigBoyToys
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Posted: July 07 2009,10:45 pm
Post # 13
Quote (BigDog @ July 07 2009,8:51 pm)
Quote (shueman @ July 07 2009,8:45 pm)
3 years old is all.... Â Should be still good...maybe the power supply is failing...
Thats kind of what I was thinking or a cooling fan not happy.
The cooling fan won't affect the software. Only the Hardware and I/O. The fact that he can get it to boot into safe mode but system restore doesn't work and networking doesn't work leads me to believe there is a virus.
BigBoyToys
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Posted: July 07 2009,10:47 pm
Post # 14
Quote (AZKC @ July 07 2009,9:15 am)
So usually when little things start happening you know the big ones coming Our desktop is flat lining. Something focked over the hard drive or the thing just took a chit. Can't get to any programs like restore and won't load any cd-roms to boot-up. The external hard drive won't boot up. Â
I can access C prompt and found a command to run restore thru there but it won't accept it. Â
Of course last back up was a couple weeks ago, but I still want to recover this thing for the last 2 weeks data. Gota learn to back up everyday dammit and I would throw this thing in the garbage
If it doesn't work out, send me the hard drive and I'll recover the data for you. I can usually recover the data pretty reliably even if the HDD has been formatted.
GoFastRacer
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Posted: July 08 2009,6:02 am
Post # 16
Gotta agree it does sound like a virus, but I've had similar symptoms that wasn't caused by a virus, just a bad glitch in the software and was able to fix it through the Recovery Console!.... This is a pretty good program to pull files from a dead drive, used it a few times!..
AZKC
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Posted: July 08 2009,8:08 am
Post # 18
Quote (BigBoyToys @ July 07 2009,10:43 pm)
It's a virus. Â Rootkit. Â GUARANTEE you that's what it is going by all of the symptoms you mentioned. There are a few going around that are disabling the Network Cards and The System Restore and making drives do goofy things.
If you can get it into safe mode, and can read a drive (CD ROM or Thumb Drive etc) then go to a different computer, download AVAST! Home Edition (It's free at Download.com) install it, and it will ask you if you want to run a boot up scan after it restarts....Click on YES!
When the AVAST finds the rootkits, make sure you delete them all
Doh....I all ready have Avast! on the dorked out computer. Funny how the free trial is about to end and its the fix for the problem I went through this once before, you don't buy their chit so they stuff a virus up your puter
Running the boot scan now we'll see what pops out
God is Great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy......
GlassMan
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Posted: July 08 2009,8:14 am
Post # 19
Quote (GoFastRacer @ July 08 2009,6:02 am)
Gotta agree it does sound like a virus, but I've had similar symptoms that wasn't caused by a virus, just a bad glitch in the software and was able to fix it through the Recovery Console!.... This is a pretty good program to pull files from a dead drive, used it a few times!..
Art, how much do they charge after the program "Saves" your data?
I have an old external Maxtor just sitting there and I think there may be some pictures my wife has been looking for on it. I haven't had time to mess with it yet.
It's a fact of Life:
After Monday and Tuesday, even the Calendar says : WTF .......
AZKC
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Posted: July 08 2009,9:50 am
Post # 20
Quote (AZKC @ July 08 2009,8:08 am)
Quote (BigBoyToys @ July 07 2009,10:43 pm)
It's a virus. Â Rootkit. Â GUARANTEE you that's what it is going by all of the symptoms you mentioned. There are a few going around that are disabling the Network Cards and The System Restore and making drives do goofy things.
If you can get it into safe mode, and can read a drive (CD ROM or Thumb Drive etc) then go to a different computer, download AVAST! Home Edition (It's free at Download.com) install it, and it will ask you if you want to run a boot up scan after it restarts....Click on YES!
When the AVAST finds the rootkits, make sure you delete them all
Doh....I all ready have Avast! on the dorked out computer. Funny how the free trial is about to end and its the fix for the problem I went through this once before, you don't buy their chit so they stuff a virus up your puter
Running the boot scan now we'll see what pops out
Running Avast! in safe mode is being difficult if you run the boot scan it wants to boot back up in normal mode and if you let it its doa.
Gota do so real work for awhile, I'll get back to it when I return
God is Great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy......
Condition: New Lifetime Warranty Manufacture: Lexar Model: EX16GB-431 16GB SSD Expresscard Free automatic backup software included Increased storage, automatic system backups, and even works with Windows ReadyBoost to improve system performance
Condition: New Lifetime Warranty Manufacture: Lexar Model: EX16GB-431 16GB SSD Expresscard Free automatic backup software included Increased storage, automatic system backups, and even works with Windows ReadyBoost to improve system performance
Where oh where???
It's a fact of Life:
After Monday and Tuesday, even the Calendar says : WTF .......
BigDog Not Float'n Enuff
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Posted: July 08 2009,1:24 pm
Post # 25
Quote (BigBoyToys @ July 07 2009,10:45 pm)
Quote (BigDog @ July 07 2009,8:51 pm)
Quote (shueman @ July 07 2009,8:45 pm)
3 years old is all.... Â Should be still good...maybe the power supply is failing...
Thats kind of what I was thinking or a cooling fan not happy.
The cooling fan won't affect the software. Â Only the Hardware and I/O. The fact that he can get it to boot into safe mode but system restore doesn't work and networking doesn't work leads me to believe there is a virus.
I had a book that a cpu fan was not working and was having issues processing the data due to heat. It was just a thought. It does sound now that he possibly has picked a bug or two. Been there done that.
11-24-2024 Three Word Post.....The Next Generation.... (Rep.#19,435) from: BigDog
Our desktop is flat lining. Something focked over the hard drive or the thing just took a chit. Can't get to any programs like restore and won't load any cd-roms to boot-up. The external hard drive won't boot up. 
I just allways seem to be around when that kinda stuff is going on. Lot a help that was 
But in the Safe Mode Only no extras. Tried with networking and it started wiggin out again. System restore is still not accessable but it looks like I should be able to transfer the important files to an external. which I thought I had all ready done but when I checked there was nada 
I went through this once before, you don't buy their chit so they stuff a virus up your puter 
