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Posted by Unobtrusive on June 27, 2006, 12:28 am
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Just to ask... how's that going so far? Got the problem over, or not?
Otherwise, my other (two-bit) suggestion for older / out-of-warranty /
second-hand PCs is to get an old HDD, install a cheap/free OS on it, and
load on system tools for when the "box goes bust". Only plug it in if the
main drive's kaput, with the main drive on secondary. Then you can at least
check to see if it's hardware or software.
Advised; new-computer owners or those with warranties still intact are -not-
advised to do this...
-Unobtrusive
> From the XP help files
>
> FixbootWrites a new partition boot sector to the system partition. The
> fixboot command is only available when you are using the Recovery Console.
>
> fixboot [drive]
>
> Parameter
>
> drive
>
> The drive to which a boot sector will be written. This replaces the
default
> drive, which is the system partition you are logged on to. An example of a
> drive is:
>
> D:
>
> Example
>
> The following example writes a new partition boot sector to the system
> partition in drive D:
>
> fixboot d:
>
> Note
>
> Using the fixboot command without any parameters will write a new
partition
> boot sector to the system partition you are logged on to.
>
>
>
> >I seem to have a nasty boot virus on my PC that is preventing me from
fully
> > starting up my hard drive. I already tried my boot disks and booting
with
> > my
> > antivirus software to scan the drive, neither of them have worked. I
have
> > Windows XP professional. What happens is, I start up, and it gets all
the
> > way
> > to the Windows XP loading screen in which there is a bar and a blue
loader
> > that moves across the bar. It is on this screen for about 5 seconds or
so
> > and
> > then after that for a split second there is a Blue screen that flashes
in
> > which white lettering and numbers slides down the screen, the computer
> > then
> > restarts on it's own. It will continue going through this process over
and
> > over again preventing me from "fully" starting up the PC. I've never
ever
> > seen this blue screen before, and assume it is a virus preventing me
from
> > starting up Windows XP and my hard drive. Any suggestions besides
> > re-formatting my hard drive?
>
>
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