Hello Paul,
This is what I've done:
I've tried to do two system restores on the 8200
and neither worked.
I appreciate you trying to educate me and I followed
some of it but some is over my head. Also my memory
isn't what it use to be because of my medical condition.
I did download the Kaspersky ISO Image of the Kaspersky
Rescue Disk 10, I then downloaded the Utility for recording
Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 to USB devices.
When I tried to install it to my thumb drive gave me this:
Thoughts/suggestions?
Robert
When I download the .iso right now, I get:
kav_rescue_10.iso
397,082,624 bytes for "Size:"
The problem is, they might update the file each
day or once a week, so it is pretty hard to compare
the file I got, to the one you got. I give the information
there, so you can see whether you got a complete download
or not. If your file has fewer bytes, maybe the
download did not finish or something. I don't think
there is any easy indicator on the file, as to what
version it is.
I can't find any source code for rescue2usb. It apparently
uses grub4dos, as part of its solution. But I would need
to see the code for the rescue2usb part, to understand
what it is stumbling on. The 378K tool you download,
it comes with a couple of files of its own, which it
uses. As well as copying some portion of the .iso to the
USB stick. I can't tell what is broken in your case.
It might be easier to just burn a CD.
*******
To get your own checksum utility, Microsoft offers one.
It does MD5 or SHA1. There are third-party graphical
ones you can get, but I don't know which one of those
to trust.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11533
This download file is a self-extracting archive. The
"fciv.exe" is inside. Just click it, to unpack the file.
Windows-KB841290-x86-ENU.exe
You have to know how to execute commands in Command Prompt
to use it. I put both my kav_rescue_10 file and the fciv
file in the same folder, and then ran the command prompt
via that folder. Some MSDOS experience would provide you
with ideas on how to run stuff.
fciv -sha1 kav_rescue_10.iso
a6dad6954bea6b55aa1ec79656855de93df1e657 kav_rescue_10.iso
Now, if you got the same value as me, that would tend to
suggest your download was not corrupted. And burning the
CD would then be OK. The file size check is a start, but
a matching SHA1 is a pretty good indication they're the same
file.
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Your HP computers could have come with CD/DVD burning software.
So that would be one way to do it. I've used this one
on occasion.
Imgburn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgburn
"Versions 2.5.1.0 on included optional Ask.com adware in
the installer, which was replaced in version 2.5.8.0 with
OpenCandy adware."
So the best option, would be to find a copy of 2.5.0.0,
and also to know it hasn't been modified. It turns out,
by some strange coincidence, that's the version I have here
Using archive.org, I can find the checksum for the file
when it was released.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090815083118/http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
ImgBurn v2.5.0.0 (2,119 KB)
Released: Sunday 26th July 2009
CRC32: 39CD6FC6
MD5: F3791CFACDAC03B9E676E44AA2630243
SHA-1: E07BCC23B495D0A966BAE359EA9E0E3A11888454
Then I go to oldversion.com and see what versions they've got.
I scroll down to the area with the versions all listed. Notice,
while you're here, how the file size balloons for the versions
with the adware inside them (2.5.1.0 or later).
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/imgburn/
ImgBurn 2.5.0.0 Jul 26, 2009 2.07 MB
On this pages, it's the "Download Now" button, not that
green "Download" button on the left
And the legend
under the "Download Now", that says Free from Spyware,
Adware, and viruses, is obviously a falsehood, as you have
no problem downloading the boobytrapped 2.5.1.0 or later.
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/imgburn-2-5-0-0
The downloaded file is
2.5.0.0_SetupImgBurn_2.5.0.0.exe
2,169,915 bytes
When I run "fciv -sha1 2.5.0.0_SetupImgBurn_2.5.0.0.exe", I get
e07bcc23b495d0a966bae359ea9e0e3a11888454
which is the same as above (just uses lower case letters),
and proves my fresh download is the same file as left the
author's site in July 2009. I still don't know it's free
of PUPs, but at least nobody has added any additional PUPs to it.
Once installed, that tool has a screen that looks like this.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/ImgBurn_screenshot.png
The "Write image file to disc" in the upper left, is the
button you want. I hope the tool will give you enough
prompting to get the job done.
Your first job after installation, is to visit Tools:Options
and click the "Sounds" tab. Turn *Off* the "Play Success Sounds"
and "Play Error Sounds". These sounds will scare you right
out of your chair, they are so loud.
In the Events tab, set "Check For Program Update" to "Never".
That's to avoid getting tricked into updating to the latest
version (with adware in it). Now, you're ready to burn your
CD. Good luck. I don't think I've ever bothered to adjust
the other settings.
So if the kav_rescue_10.iso file looks reasonable, you
could try burning a CD with it.
Paul
