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| Thread ID: 96102 | 2008-12-29 05:31:00 | Computer connections. | ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | Press F1 |
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| 733305 | 2008-12-29 06:18:00 | meh. i know. but avg took care of it how ironic that was though... also... after all this is there no way to get a usb-usb cord and use it to chk out the harddrive? i dont want to use lan cuz its 2 slow.... and i dont know that safemode stuff lol. i dont even know if theres anything on the computer i just want to make it faster for me in future to defrag & scan it |
ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
| 733306 | 2008-12-29 06:19:00 | Probably a 2.5" case since its a laptop drive. Edited my post thanks for pointing out the mistake |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 733307 | 2008-12-29 06:24:00 | Well if its infected I wouldnt connect it to anything, whether its wired or wireless. Its probably sucking all your bandwidth, and installing crap on your system and his. If its got malwarebytes / avast on it now, (and theyre up to date), disconnect it and scan it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 733308 | 2008-12-29 06:26:00 | Don't get a clever idea of plugging in a USB A-A cable between the PCs, unless you want to understand the meaning of "fire transistor" You need a special USB netlink cable for this. But I think it would be slower than Ethernet. You could share his entire C: drive (make sure it's writeable so you can delete any viruses) map it as a network drive on your PC and then scan it with your antivirus. It might be slower but it will probably work. Problems with that though are you can't scan the registry that way, and any rootkits would easily hide. You need to scan the drive without it booted (eg: take it out and put it in your own PC) Then boot it back up after removing anything dodgy, and use some antimalware that will scan the registry also. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 733309 | 2008-12-29 06:38:00 | Ok; but as i said before i cant connect it to my desktop my 350w psu only has a power cord for 1 sata drive; but the motherboard has capabilities for two. and can you give me some info on that usb link? p.s is there anyway to stop the virus(if there is any) from coming through the connection and installing itself on my hdd? |
ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
| 733310 | 2008-12-29 06:46:00 | Probably wouldn't be a SATA drive anyway with that spec. Why not try something like UBCD4Win (http://www.ubcd4win.com/) install and build it on your PC then use the CD it produces to scan the laptop. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 733311 | 2008-12-29 06:54:00 | its sata ive cheecked. its a toshiba satellite but im signing off now. latrer guys. if you can come up with some ideas for me it would be appreciated | ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
| 733312 | 2008-12-29 06:56:00 | Well either take it out and put the hdd in yours if u have sata, then scan it Or since its connected using wireless download avast or something and malwarebytes, then update them then scan it Or even better format it and dont use keygens. Or you'll probably reinfect it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 733313 | 2008-12-29 07:03:00 | You could do a number of simple things to solve your problem; 1) Ask your mate for permission to use his computer,for the reasons you have mentioned here. 2) Turn his computer off. 3) Install a decent anti virus on your computer so that your machine is protected. What you are trying to do,sounds a bit shady I must say. Hook |
Capt.Hook (5586) | ||
| 733314 | 2008-12-29 07:34:00 | remove the HDD and put it in a 2.5' caddy/case and plug it into a usb port on your desktop. This option doesn't require extra power as it would take power from the USB being a lappie HDD |
gary67 (56) | ||
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