comp took a hit

[chris31560]

hi guys a few days ago my comp took some kind of virus attack and its tageted my system restore( does not work anymore) and also my os its self seems to be afected in lots of ways things that used to work ok before now dont work at all i get lots of error msgs also my internet explorer keeps stoping, is there some kind of fix for probs like this or is my comp dying, cheers guys. ps my os is vista....

[Dustie]

The first effort is to get back what might be salvageable,start the pc up from scratch and keep hitting the F8 key,then you should se a list of commands as it boots up,scroll up to Best known configuration that works and high-light it and click enter,if that does not work get back to try something else,your anti virus and firewall should have picked up most things as many people have it scheduled to run daily by default.
Hope this is the same in Vista as XP..

The other option is go to > Run < from your Menu and enter this but make sure you have the original windows install Disk NOT an operating disk from a third party or manufacturer .
This will then ask you to enter your genuine windows disk which will then correct any known drivers that have been corrupted,repeat > Only use Windows Genuine Disk. <

sfc /scannow. (please note the spaces)

[dasteph]

hi guys a few days ago my comp took some kind of virus attack and its tageted my system restore( does not work anymore) and also my os its self seems to be afected in lots of ways things that used to work ok before now dont work at all i get lots of error msgs also my internet explorer keeps stoping, is there some kind of fix for probs like this or is my comp dying, cheers guys. ps my os is vista....

try starting in safe mode and scanning with your antivirus and see if it detects anything.

[Canker_Canison]

For a change I'm going to play the part of the pessimist.

Remove the hard drive & plug into another computer via a caddy. Full scan on antivirus & malware programes.

Also back up any files you don't want to lose.

Reinstall & run scans again. If you can't get it working correctly at this point I would look at full format & reinstall of the OS.

[chris31560]

hi guys thanxs for ur replyes so far been tryin a few things but still nothing as yet but could someone tell me when i tap f8 on start up and use repair your computor it askes for a password does anyone know wot this can be thanks..............

[mikie64]

hi get ur self over to.... major geeks......

[ezzda1]

it's the password you set on your machine,
if you didnt set a pasword then what pc make / model is it?
they all have different ways to restore the os,

[thewizardofodds]

the password will be for administrator if a password aint been set then just click enter on empty box or use differnt user login.

[chris31560]

it's the password you set on your machine,
if you didnt set a pasword then what pc make / model is it?
they all have different ways to restore the os,

hi m8 no i didant set a password, its an acer aspire m1610, cheers..

[thewizardofodds]

hi m8 no i didant set a password, its an acer aspire m1610, cheers..

dont enter password then just enter

[Dustie]

From what you say it looks as though the F8 repair settings have been password protected by some one,most times one can just hit enter a couple of times and it will let you in,and looking at your reply these nearly always come with the windows o/s installed when bought,in layman's terms its an image of windows o/s on a partition and supplied with it is an operating disk,some one else might correct me but thats my opinion,looks like Canker_Canison reply could be right.

[chris31560]

hi guys latest update got into system repair tryed all options still the problam remains, thing is on my comp i have no d drive no backup disc system restore doesant work so u see iam at the mercy of the gods, i think at this point i need to deleat my os and re install, i cant think of anything els.....

[thewizardofodds]

whats your os

[chris31560]

hi m8 its vista..

[Dustie]

Is it not possible to download some drivers for this model before you quit.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads_gd.html

Desktop-Aspire-AspireM1610. Such as the VGA driver or what ever,dont know what graphic card you have but no harm could come of it to install drivers for it,just a thought ..

The only course left if not sorted,and there again depends what version of Disk you have.
1.Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD or VISTA CD into the computer (OEM Recovery Disks will probably not work) and reboot.
2.If / When prompted, press any key to boot from CD
3.In the next menu DO press R and enter the recovery console
4.Select the operating system you wish to recover
5.Enter the admin password when prompted and press ENTER
6.Once at the command prompt
type "bootcfg /rebuild" to start the rebuild process.
7.The rebuild process will take you through a number of steps
8.Once the tasks are complete type “exit” and reboot.
If so and you used an OEM cd, borrow a retail XP cd or Vista cd from a friend and try again using the retail XP cd or Vista cd. If you did indeed use a retail cd already then, as far as I know, a clean install is about all that is left.