how would one go about doing that? do you know of a good
dos anti-virus program?
i did a full factory resore about half way thru this post
thanks in advanace!
>-----Original Message-----
>Need to run an anti-virus program. You may have a virus
this is copying
>itself all over your drive. You may have to do a repair
install before.
>
>Y.
>
>"Kim Gick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:022d01c3adfb$7dce3b50$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> this is what ive done and where im at:
>> power computer on-
>> gets to the menu screen (safe mode/safe mode
w.networking/
>> etc etc)
>> no matter what i select the computer either
>> a)reboots
>> or
>> b)gets to the windows splash screen about 2 passes on
the
>> grafix load display and then it locks and will not power
>> off
>>
>> this is what ive done so far
>>
>> updated the bios
>> ran pc doctor (ibm diag utility) no error messages
>> opened case (to see if there were any fans
malfunctioning)
>>
>> next:
>> removed the hdd
>> put it in another machine and copied all of the data
files
>> put hdd back in
>> hit f11
>> took me to the system menu
>> selected full restore
>> {restored machine back to factory settings}
>> rebooted
>> still sticks on the loading screen (see post 1)
>>
>> hmmm .... this is fishy
>>
>> im thinking:
>> a) remove the hdd and reformat it and reload the os
>> or
>> b) could this be a hardware problem?
>>
>>
>> and then this:
>> i removed the cd writer
>> removed the pci modem
>> removed the ram
>> added a stick of ram from a working computer
>>
>> still same problems
>> it looks to cycle thru the loading windows xp home
screen
>> 4-5 times rebooting about 3-10 seconds into load
>>
>> when i go to safe mode it still hangs at mup.sys
>>
>> im thinking i might try using a powersupply that i know
>> works ... other than that im at my wits end
>>
>> hellp
>>
>> hardware:
>> _______________________________
>> netvista a21i
>> model name:2254f2u
>> xp home edition
>> celeron 900
>> 128 megs sdram
>> intel 3d graphics w/ direct agp (onboard)
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