Spyware, viruses, & security : Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive
What might be easier...
by bulldogzerofive - 1/5/06 6:05 AM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01... is (using a clean machine) to go to a website that offers bootable CD based OS's for download (like knopper.net or ubuntu.org) and download an image and burn it to a CD (not forgetting to make it bootable).
Then, on your infected you can boot a safe operating system from the CDROM. Copy the files you want or need to another media (USB drive, floppy disk, etc).
Then, use your windows CDs to totally re-format the drive and re-install windows, install and configure your AV software and firewall, then connect to the internet and download all available updates. Then you should be ready to go.
As arduous as this sounds, I am willing to bet that you will get a working system faster this way than with any kind of clean up. It is also safer since that malware might have opened a backdoor on your system that the virus/spyware/adware repair people are not aware of, leaving you open in the future.
Just a thought
Thanks.
by masb_01 - 1/5/06 6:56 AM In reply to: What might be easier... by bulldogzerofiveI am well into arduous now so a little more won't matter.
Win-DOS errorlevels
by LLLActive - 1/9/06 1:05 AM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01Do you know the 5 Win-DOS errorlevels?
1. Reatart Program
2. Restart/Reboot Windows or press reset button
3. Re-Install programme thet 'acts up'
4. Re-Install Windows
5. If all else fails, install Linux for a new life experience
LLLActive, do you think if you install
by Melati Hitam - 1/9/06 1:37 AM In reply to: Win-DOS errorlevels by LLLActivelinux, then windows will not have the error?
I tried your suggestion, I install linux, but my windows still have an error.
How can you fix windows error by installing linux?
No jokes now
by LLLActive - 1/9/06 1:37 AM In reply to: Win-DOS errorlevels by LLLActiveJokes aside.
I used and am indirectly using Win in all versions since its existence. About a year ago I changed all my servers and my personal workstations to Linux. After a small learning curve, I am on the same level with Linux now. I still service a small team of Win XP & 2K users.
I have never needed or installed any of the protective software for virus and trojan threats. I also never had such problems since using Linux in the internet or elsewhere.
Playing with Linux cluster servers and the like is not as easy as with some Win products, but it works more stable as Win-Servers. The new Novell SuSE 10.1 desktop is 'almost as good-looking' as windows; it is worth a try. It is just as effective for normal users. OpenOffice 2 is still on its way to be as good as MSOffice 2003. Power users may still have some problems. Normal users will be able to do everything they need.
(NT) ooh.. ok... I get what you mean... thanks
by Melati Hitam - 1/9/06 1:42 AM In reply to: No jokes now by LLLActiveVirus Disabled Windows - Need to get the files off
by perfrog - 1/9/06 1:31 AM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01I had the same problem about 3 years ago. After taking my laptop all over the city, receiving estimates from 100-400 dollars to recover the files on my hard drive. I was lost on what to do. I did not want to pay that much to recover the files. Then I saw in a magazine an empty storage box for a laptop hard drive. I did some investigation and found out that by using this box I can make my laptop hard drive an external USB drive.
Now, what to do to get a second hard drive for my laptop. I found a used computer store and bought a used 5 gig hard drive for a laptop. Plugged it in and loaded my recovery disc. After my OS was working correctly, I plugged in the laptop hard drive that I had taked out into the USB port and recovered all my files. Except for the OS. Total cost was 30 dollars. I also have used this remedy when someone changed the permissions for the OS files and my laptop could not boot. If you are doing this on a desktop, the idea is the same but the box will be different.
Getting rid of virus
by The Clue - 1/9/06 2:56 AM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01Heres the easiest way to get out viruses and other junk that I have found. If you cannot use your os and the removal tools won't clear up you hard drive, do these few steps and it usually will work. If you have a old pc that you can use make sure that it has all of the latest bug removal tools installed on it, then take out the infected hdd from the dell pc and set the pins to slave then hook it up to the old pc. Once installed in the other pc,use your virus and other tools on the slave drive. This should get rid of all or most of the infection on the hdd, if not it will tell you the name of the infection and you can get a removal tool and use it. Even if it is still infected you should be able to acess the files that you want and copy to the other hdd. The key to this process is that no programs will run on the slave hdd and you should be able to acess the files on it. Make sure that you put the files that you are copying into a folder and run your virus and other tools on the files before you open it. If the bug is still on the slave drive now you can reformat the hdd and clean it out completely then reinstall into the dell and reinstall the os and all of the files that you wanted to save. I have had to do this before and it works. Just a thought
recovery of data from infected PC
by halbreich - 1/9/06 6:04 AM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01You could hook your hard disc to another computer to a secondary IDE through an ATA cable. This way you rely on the 2nd computer's OP to extract your files. Thencomes the arduous task of repairing whatever was damaged which is not evident.
Dual HDD'S
by scorpious - 1/9/06 1:27 PM In reply to: recovery of data from infected PC by halbreichYou might like to think about a second hard-drive and use "norton ghost 2003" or similar app to make an exact copy of your original like i have done, and swapping between the two is a matter of flicking 2 switches to make one the master drive and the other the slave and back again when it's time to update the software at whatever interval,i now have 2 200GB hdd's installed and use the original 40GB as an xtra backup if ever the need arises and all that's needed is to remove one of the larger drives and install the 40GB,also with the 2nd drive installed you can drag any doc's to any of the partitions so nothing is lost if a failure occurs
PS: If ever a harddrive does not workdue to electrical component failure a way to revover data is to remove the actual metal disk and install it in a 2nd hdd casing that is the same model
to get rid of all the viruses
by harley65 - 1/9/06 3:31 PM In reply to: Virus disabled Windows - Need to get files off hard drive by masb_01if you can get on line go to http://www.emsisoft.com/
and down load a2 which is (a squared free virsion)
then signup for a free account so you can up date it
it works great. give it a try!
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