i clicked a link on yahoo. The link brought w/ it an ad popup, when i clicked the x button to close it, it opened repetively. I tried to keep up with it by closing as many asi could, but it just kept going. finnaly it basically locked up my computer so i turned it off and restarted it to fix it in safe mode.
i brought it to the screen in which i can select which mode i want to start the computer up. the problem was that either mode i selected (safe mode, normal mode, blah blah blah mode) it would hten began to act like it was working, but it would suddenly flash to a blue screen (so quick that u couldnt read it) and then it would start over. My computer was in a startup loop.
therefore, realizing my computer was unaccessible, i decided to hook the hard drive up to another computer and make a slave out of my infected hard drive. When i tried to access it safely through a host computer, it said it was inaccessible and there was an error reading the material or whatever. is it done for?
2007-02-27 08:07:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You know, back in the day I would have solved that with my back-up floppy disc. The disc would always get the system going. I would do whatever it took. Erase the entire Harddrive unconditionally, and perform a diagnostics on it. Even if the diagnosticprogram says HDD contains 20% compromised areas I could still use it. Just don't save anything in those compromised areas.
2007-02-27 08:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ayayay♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If possible go into safe mode and scan for a virus or you can do a system restore. It is by NO means done. I just fixed 2 computers that people thought were done. I am no computer tech I am a self taught computer geek LOL...... If you can find a windows operating disk from a friend you can use that to reformat. before you do you need to find a key reg code that works.!
2007-02-27 08:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the data on the drive is important to you, then there is a chance you can get some of the data, but you would want someone experienced to take care of that.
If the data is not worth spending upwards of $150 on retrieving, then you could just format the drive and reinstall windows.
2007-02-27 08:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, are you sure you set the jumpers correctly on both drives? Did you also shut down the computer before plugging it in? Is it being recognized in BIOS correctly? If so, then it might be bad...it was probably going bad anyway.
2007-02-27 08:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to do a factory restore
2007-02-27 08:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by MysteeRain 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋