PC with win98 can't read laptop HD [xp]

[Guest]

Hi

I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.

I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this will
wipe off 2 years of work
[I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do but
only for some of my work].

Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard disc to
my desktop which runs on Win 98?

I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop froze
when the laptop drive was connected.

Any idea why?

PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Jim Macklin]

Did you reset the jumper on the laptop drive so it wasn't
master?
Sounds like you have the Blaster worm...

Before you do too much try downloading STINGER from
NAI/McAfee and scan the infected computer. It will fit on a
floppy. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/



| Hi
|
| I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
| The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
| computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.
|
| I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this will
| wipe off 2 years of work
| [I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do but
| only for some of my work].
|
| Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard disc
to
| my desktop which runs on Win 98?
|
| I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop froze
| when the laptop drive was connected.
|
| Any idea why?
|
| PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Guest]

Hi

Thanks for the advice - a couple of questions
1) how do I reset the jumper on the laptop drive so that
it isn't a master. I did fiddle about with a plastic
attachment that goes across 2 pins on my CDROM and put
them in a couple of combinations over the 4 pins that are
separated from the others on hte laptop drive.

I tried various ways of inserting the broad wire [?bus]
from the computer to the convertor but couldn't seem to
get the right comination - either nothing happened or the
PC just froze completely until I detached the wires.

2) How do I run the stinger - I cannot get into xp at all
and will not be able to disable system restore as they
recommend.
Does this matter. Do I simply need to download the
software with my pc, copy it onto a floppy and then insert
it into the laptop before booting up??

Many Thanks!

 

[joust in jest]

Let me see if I understand: you want to connect a virus-infected hard drive
to a non-infected computer so that you can have two virus-infected
computers?

If your XP machine is formatted as NTFS, your Windows 98 machine will not be
able to access the disk. It will be reported as a "Non-DOS" disk.

steve

 

[Guest]

Never thought of that!

What can I do to retrieve my data?? Will doing a patch
install of winxp solve the problem?
How does one get rid of the virus?

Please advise

-----Original Message-----
Let me see if I understand: you want to connect a virus- infected hard drive
to a non-infected computer so that you can have two virus- infected
computers?

If your XP machine is formatted as NTFS, your Windows 98 machine will not be
able to access the disk. It will be reported as a "Non- DOS" disk.

steve

Hi

I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.

I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this will
wipe off 2 years of work
[I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do but
only for some of my work].

Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard disc to
my desktop which runs on Win 98?

I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop froze
when the laptop drive was connected.

Any idea why?

PLEASE HELP!!

.

 

[Jim Macklin]

The jumper is the little plastic part. It has metal
contacts inside which complete the connection across the
pins. There should be a picture on a label of the jumper
positions.

Stinger can be run from a floppy but it will need an OS to
running. If you don't turn system restore off, the virus
will still be in the system restore files, nut it doesn't
run there. After you run Stinger once, turn system restore
off and run it again.


| Hi
|
| Thanks for the advice - a couple of questions
| 1) how do I reset the jumper on the laptop drive so that
| it isn't a master. I did fiddle about with a plastic
| attachment that goes across 2 pins on my CDROM and put
| them in a couple of combinations over the 4 pins that are
| separated from the others on hte laptop drive.
|
| I tried various ways of inserting the broad wire [?bus]
| from the computer to the convertor but couldn't seem to
| get the right comination - either nothing happened or the
| PC just froze completely until I detached the wires.
|
| 2) How do I run the stinger - I cannot get into xp at all
| and will not be able to disable system restore as they
| recommend.
| Does this matter. Do I simply need to download the
| software with my pc, copy it onto a floppy and then insert
| it into the laptop before booting up??
|
| Many Thanks!
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Did you reset the jumper on the laptop drive so it wasn't
| >master?
| >Sounds like you have the Blaster worm...
| >
| >Before you do too much try downloading STINGER from
| >NAI/McAfee and scan the infected computer. It will fit
| on a
| >floppy. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| >
| >
| >
| >| >| Hi
| >|
| >| I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
| >| The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
| >| computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.
| >|
| >| I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this
| will
| >| wipe off 2 years of work
| >| [I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do
| but
| >| only for some of my work].
| >|
| >| Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard
disc
| >to
| >| my desktop which runs on Win 98?
| >|
| >| I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop
froze
| >| when the laptop drive was connected.
| >|
| >| Any idea why?
| >|
| >| PLEASE HELP!!
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[D.Currie]

The jumper is the little plastic part. It has metal
contacts inside which complete the connection across the
pins. There should be a picture on a label of the jumper
positions.

Jim: Laptop drives generally don't have master/slave jumpers as they are
made to be the only drive on bus.

Stinger can be run from a floppy but it will need an OS to
running. If you don't turn system restore off, the virus
will still be in the system restore files, nut it doesn't
run there. After you run Stinger once, turn system restore
off and run it again.


| Hi
|
| Thanks for the advice - a couple of questions
| 1) how do I reset the jumper on the laptop drive so that
| it isn't a master. I did fiddle about with a plastic
| attachment that goes across 2 pins on my CDROM and put
| them in a couple of combinations over the 4 pins that are
| separated from the others on hte laptop drive.
|
| I tried various ways of inserting the broad wire [?bus]
| from the computer to the convertor but couldn't seem to
| get the right comination - either nothing happened or the
| PC just froze completely until I detached the wires.
|
| 2) How do I run the stinger - I cannot get into xp at all
| and will not be able to disable system restore as they
| recommend.
| Does this matter. Do I simply need to download the
| software with my pc, copy it onto a floppy and then insert
| it into the laptop before booting up??
|
| Many Thanks!
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Did you reset the jumper on the laptop drive so it wasn't
| >master?
| >Sounds like you have the Blaster worm...
| >
| >Before you do too much try downloading STINGER from
| >NAI/McAfee and scan the infected computer. It will fit
| on a
| >floppy. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| >
| >
| >
| >| >| Hi
| >|
| >| I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
| >| The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
| >| computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.
| >|
| >| I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this
| will
| >| wipe off 2 years of work
| >| [I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do
| but
| >| only for some of my work].
| >|
| >| Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard
disc
| >to
| >| my desktop which runs on Win 98?
| >|
| >| I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop
froze
| >| when the laptop drive was connected.
| >|
| >| Any idea why?
| >|
| >| PLEASE HELP!!
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[David Vair]

Is the Hard Drive NTFS? If it is then 98 won't know what to do with it.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC)

The jumper is the little plastic part. It has metal
contacts inside which complete the connection across the
pins. There should be a picture on a label of the jumper
positions.

Jim: Laptop drives generally don't have master/slave jumpers as they are
made to be the only drive on bus.

Stinger can be run from a floppy but it will need an OS to
running. If you don't turn system restore off, the virus
will still be in the system restore files, nut it doesn't
run there. After you run Stinger once, turn system restore
off and run it again.


| Hi
|
| Thanks for the advice - a couple of questions
| 1) how do I reset the jumper on the laptop drive so that
| it isn't a master. I did fiddle about with a plastic
| attachment that goes across 2 pins on my CDROM and put
| them in a couple of combinations over the 4 pins that are
| separated from the others on hte laptop drive.
|
| I tried various ways of inserting the broad wire [?bus]
| from the computer to the convertor but couldn't seem to
| get the right comination - either nothing happened or the
| PC just froze completely until I detached the wires.
|
| 2) How do I run the stinger - I cannot get into xp at all
| and will not be able to disable system restore as they
| recommend.
| Does this matter. Do I simply need to download the
| software with my pc, copy it onto a floppy and then insert
| it into the laptop before booting up??
|
| Many Thanks!
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Did you reset the jumper on the laptop drive so it wasn't
| >master?
| >Sounds like you have the Blaster worm...
| >
| >Before you do too much try downloading STINGER from
| >NAI/McAfee and scan the infected computer. It will fit
| on a
| >floppy. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| >
| >
| >
| >| >| Hi
| >|
| >| I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
| >| The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
| >| computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.
| >|
| >| I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this
| will
| >| wipe off 2 years of work
| >| [I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do
| but
| >| only for some of my work].
| >|
| >| Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard
disc
| >to
| >| my desktop which runs on Win 98?
| >|
| >| I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop
froze
| >| when the laptop drive was connected.
| >|
| >| Any idea why?
| >|
| >| PLEASE HELP!!
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Guest]

Hi

Norton AntiVirus 2004 and Norton system works 2004 are bootable
Try boot from it and perform a virus check
However, it may not cure the latest virus as the virus definitions on the CD is not up to date

BTY, have you tried to boot in safe mode
If you can, boot in safe mode with network connection
Then go to symantec.com to have an on-line virus check and then download and run the appropriate virus remover

Pete


----- (e-mail address removed) wrote: ----

:-

Never thought of that!

What can I do to retrieve my data?? Will doing a patch
install of winxp solve the problem
How does one get rid of the virus

Please advis

-----Original Message----
Let me see if I understand: you want to connect a virus infected hard driv
to a non-infected computer so that you can have two virus infecte

computers
If your XP machine is formatted as NTFS, your Windows 98

machine will not b
able to access the disk. It will be reported as a "Non DOS" disk

stev

H
I have recently hit by a virus possibly

The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. Th
computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads

I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this

wil
wipe off 2 years of wor
[I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do bu
only for some of my work]

Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard

disc t
my desktop which runs on Win 98

I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop froz

when the laptop drive was connected

Any idea why
PLEASE HELP!

 

[joust in jest]

Courtesy of Jupiter Jones: steve

my computer turns on and off a warning comes up saying it will shut

down in 1 min and restarts again. it said its a nt autourity virus.
some please help me get rid of this?
You most likely have Blaster.
Follow this to get rid of Blaster:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/blaster.htm


--

Hi,

While you try to clean it, you can use the emergency tools described by MVP
Doug Knox here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm
____

Hi

I have recently hit by a virus possibly.
The result is that I cannot get into Windows xp. The
computer shuts out and reboots just before xp loads.

I need to reinstall xp from my revcovery cd but this will
wipe off 2 years of work
[I know - I should have made a back up :-( I did do but
only for some of my work].

Is it possible to back up my removable laptop hard disc to
my desktop which runs on Win 98?

I have tried by using a convertor but the desktop froze
when the laptop drive was connected.

Any idea why?

PLEASE HELP!!