Transferable Computer Parts?
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I've never had separate computers. From first to last computer, one or more components have made the transition. Even now, with my quad core uber death machine, I still have one part from my 286.
The power cable. Seriously, those PS/2s came with 2.5 meter power cables. Unless mankind stops using electricity to power computers, those cables will survive until doomsday.
Don't use the reinstall disk. If the virus lodged itself into the win32 file, restoring it will just erase all your data and not the virus. To format a drive like I said, plug it into a machine running a Unix system, erase the drive, reformat it to FAT32 (NTFS if available), then plug it back into the machine and run the actually install disk. Not the recovery one. I had to do this when I got the lsass.exe virus on my alienware, respawning didn't work so I put it in an external, plugged it into my Mac, and formatted it to FAT. I've still yet to put Window's back on it however as Ubuntu seems to be doing just fine.tthor said:
I think as long as you have a disk, you only need the serial number. But I'm not 100% on that one.
I also recommend you reformat your main drive, viri are a ***** to get off windows, expecially if you arent technically oriented.
Id boot into safe mode, transfer all your files off the main drive that you want to save.
You CAN use the windows disk to reformat the drive, dont select the repair option and it should delete the partition and reinstall.
Before you proceed make sure that you dont have ANY files that are encrypted, reformatting the drive will erase your encryption key and its dam near impossible to unencrypt them.
Also make sure you have a way to get your drivers reinstalled, specifically your motherboard drivers. Make sure you have your windows key.
Alternatively, if you arent comfortable with safe mode, you can try to kill the processes that are running the viri. I would just ctrl-alt delete and "end process tree" on explorer.exe. That will kill explorer the main shell windows uses AS WELL as any processes started by it which tend to be the viri. Then just "new task" and type explorer.exe. That should kill the viri that are started on startup. This is just a temporary way to get your computer to run well enough to get the files off it.
Honestly though, I'd just transfer all files, reformat your main drive and then make sure everything is updated to prevent the virus exploting loopholes. I am also giving "AVAST" a try as its free and it hasnt pissed me off nearly as much as other anti virus tools, it just prevents viri not removes them.
Dont use internet explorer, keep your software up to date, have a firewall, Or just run linux. Be careful updating windows though as it installs "Verification" software that might as well be a virus. If you are using pirated programs it will be a pain in the ass, although you can crack it.
Id boot into safe mode, transfer all your files off the main drive that you want to save.
You CAN use the windows disk to reformat the drive, dont select the repair option and it should delete the partition and reinstall.
Before you proceed make sure that you dont have ANY files that are encrypted, reformatting the drive will erase your encryption key and its dam near impossible to unencrypt them.
Also make sure you have a way to get your drivers reinstalled, specifically your motherboard drivers. Make sure you have your windows key.
Alternatively, if you arent comfortable with safe mode, you can try to kill the processes that are running the viri. I would just ctrl-alt delete and "end process tree" on explorer.exe. That will kill explorer the main shell windows uses AS WELL as any processes started by it which tend to be the viri. Then just "new task" and type explorer.exe. That should kill the viri that are started on startup. This is just a temporary way to get your computer to run well enough to get the files off it.
Honestly though, I'd just transfer all files, reformat your main drive and then make sure everything is updated to prevent the virus exploting loopholes. I am also giving "AVAST" a try as its free and it hasnt pissed me off nearly as much as other anti virus tools, it just prevents viri not removes them.
Dont use internet explorer, keep your software up to date, have a firewall, Or just run linux. Be careful updating windows though as it installs "Verification" software that might as well be a virus. If you are using pirated programs it will be a pain in the ass, although you can crack it.
And for the love of god dont poke around inside your computer inless you know what you are doing.
maybe you should google.
its pretty simple to remove any flavor of anti-______ 2009/360/2010/etc.
its pretty simple to remove any flavor of anti-______ 2009/360/2010/etc.
We deal with this particular virus a lot at work if you have a thumb drive download maleware bytes on it start windows in safe mode and run it. If your system is to far gone just reformat your hard drive.
I would take the hard drive out of your old computer and install it in your current computer making the old "infected" hard drive the slave. Disconnect from the internet and turn on your PC and start windows in safe mode by hitting [F8] on start-up.(Make sure BIOS settings are appropriate that your old hard drive will be default boot device and fire it up.)
As long as your Master hard disk is formatted in NTFS I believe you should be able to access files from your old hard drive whether it is NTFS or FAT32. Pick and choose what files you want to keep from your old hard drive and save them to your new(old) hard drive. After you have retrieved all the files you need shut the computer down, open it back up, and disconnect all cables from your new(old) master hard disk and put your "infected" drive back as the lone bootable hard disk. Use the copy of Windows XP that is registered to your newer computer to reformat that "infected" hard drive using NTFS. After reformatting and upgrading make a system recovery point, shut the computer down, and hook up your hard drive from your older computer again.(This time make sure you hook it up as a slave though)
Now everything should be back to normal and you can migrate your saved files back to the original hard drive and keep the old hard drive as a back up.
If you are having virtual memory problems just manually increase the size of your page file. Virtual memory is a kind of real-time memory overflow on a system designated location of your hard drive.
And don't open your case without an anti-static strap or being grounded. A single visible static shock is more than enough electricity to damage components.
As long as your Master hard disk is formatted in NTFS I believe you should be able to access files from your old hard drive whether it is NTFS or FAT32. Pick and choose what files you want to keep from your old hard drive and save them to your new(old) hard drive. After you have retrieved all the files you need shut the computer down, open it back up, and disconnect all cables from your new(old) master hard disk and put your "infected" drive back as the lone bootable hard disk. Use the copy of Windows XP that is registered to your newer computer to reformat that "infected" hard drive using NTFS. After reformatting and upgrading make a system recovery point, shut the computer down, and hook up your hard drive from your older computer again.(This time make sure you hook it up as a slave though)
Now everything should be back to normal and you can migrate your saved files back to the original hard drive and keep the old hard drive as a back up.
If you are having virtual memory problems just manually increase the size of your page file. Virtual memory is a kind of real-time memory overflow on a system designated location of your hard drive.
And don't open your case without an anti-static strap or being grounded. A single visible static shock is more than enough electricity to damage components.