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| Thread ID: 105970 | 2009-12-20 20:46:00 | Can't boot past isapnp.sys | nofam (9009) | Press F1 |
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| 841524 | 2009-12-23 06:58:00 | Okay, this went from bad to tragic . I have a WD passport elite, so I used it's USB interface to connect the "blank startup" HD to my working office laptop . Then thought the better of it and decided to do a full backup of my work laptop to the WD 500gig drive before moving files . About 30 minutes into the backup an odd popup in firefox that downloaded a file from some fake address "skyzkehter . com/aasdfa . . . " and WD Passport essentials Backup software crashes . Since it was automatically downloaded I believe it to be a . jpg or something . . not an exe . I only had a second to look before the freeze . Anyways, had to restart due to crash and voila! "No Operating System Found" Now it has gotten serious . The work laptop has very sensitive data and the last backup I have done is Sep . Imagine losing all your data during a backup process?! I wasn't backing up any system files, just my documents, etc . So I had to dig out an out PC and get it up and running . . now to use it to fix 2 non-bootable SATA hard drives! My all important question: How do I go about getting the files from the 2 other non-bootable hard drives backed up? Or at least my utmost important ones . . like outlook . pst file . I have one healthy computer and presumably one healthy 500G WD drive along with usb interface . The problem remains I had not run or moved any of the files from the original 'virus'd' hard drive to the work laptop, but it seemed to get infected just by matter of plugging it in . . Unless the 2 startup failures are somehow un-related?! Please HELP!@ On this system I am running Mcaffee Security Suite with an expired license (the computer hasnt been started in a year) . . On the work laptop I had Norton Antivirus network version with upto date virus definitions . Do I need to purchase a new scanning software? This is my last working computer . . I can't mess it up this time . . |
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| 841525 | 2009-12-23 07:05:00 | Connect them to a working system, Then copy whatever to it. I would get rid of norton and mcafee. Theyre both hopeless. Install something better, like NOD32, Avast, or MSSE. Whatever that thing was that downloaded, its probably malware or a removable drive worm/trojan or something. Scan those hdds with something better, (after you connect them to a working system), before you copy from them. I would take it offline while you copy the files across (from the stuffed hdds to the new one). Or boot into safe mode / networking, then get something like trojan remover first update it, scan. Then select all options under utilities. Then scan those hdds, once you connect them | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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