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Thread ID: 90334 2008-05-30 22:40:00 How to format my computer.. Help sxrsil3nt (13812) Press F1
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674117 2008-05-31 04:08:00 Fully Correct :thumbs: F8 Will take you into a screen that allows you to boot into different modes as well as other operations (wont go there at the Moment) - All I was wanting to do is see if the Keyboard is working or not.

So now lets start from the beginning - Blow away the whole partition, then load in the windows CD and reinstall the OS. Make sure the keyboard is working first of course.

WARNING: This will completely wipe your drive,MAKE SURE every thing you want to keep is saved to removable media first -

To remove the partition, format what ever ;) download the CD version of partitionLogic (partitionlogic.org.uk) - its a zipped ISO file, so you will need to unzip the file to a folder on your PC, use your ISO section of your CD writing program or download ImageBurn (www.imgburn.com/) - burn the image of Partition Logic to a CD, boot from this CD ( no keyboard input required) - Select your drive - then down the bottom left Click on DELETE (http:) - you will get a warning, agree, then click Write Changes (bottom Right) in less time than it takes to say OH SH*T :eek: the drive in now completely empty, reboot with the windows XP CD, and install. Dont use the Format option, while this will format the drive I find it is better to completely blow the partition.
wainuitech (129)
674118 2008-05-31 04:25:00 In your BIOS under Integrated Peripherals check OnChip USB Controller is Enabled, USB Keyboard Support Enabled, it should see your USB Keyboard then.

According to the Manual for your board:
USB Keyboard Support
Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled)
USB Mouse Support
Allows USB mouse to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled)
Bantu (52)
674119 2008-05-31 05:53:00 This sounds like a pretty bad Virus, but I'm sure there is some way to get rid of it...

I think the best thing that you can do after fixing your PC is the just have one account with a pass :P That should stop anyone downloading viruses.

P.S I hope you manage to format it :) (Although I'm convinced that its a keyboard prob.)
SPARTAN 860 (2618)
674120 2008-05-31 22:56:00 --- ISSUE RESOLVED ---

Thanks to all who helped. It was a silly error that I should have thought of, but thanks to all of you I managed to format it. The problem was that USB keyboard was disabled in BIOS. Currently i am reloading XP on it (i'm on my laptop atm) with success.

Thank you all very much.

P.S - Yes Spartan, the virus was one of the most malicious ones i've ever had. Beware :)
sxrsil3nt (13812)
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