Thanks for the reply but how can I download this when the system
reboots no option to log in ....and if this is a virus I'm not sure
how it got in ... I'm protected or at least I thought...So I'm screwed
or can I fix this ??? will a reinstall destroy my data ??? god I miss
unix ...never this problem
thanks in advance
Are you quite quite sure the error message is "Isass" and not "Lsass"?
If it really *is* "Lsass" then you probably don't have a virus but have
other issues. Here's some of what you said in your first post:
"An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably
............
"if you hit OK it reboots... I used my pc this morning ...I do know my
pc will go to sleep after 15 minutes or so if not used and sometimes
the disk doesn't wake up ... you have to power cycle ...and it always
fixes itself but not tonight and nothing has changed .... it's a dual
boot system but the boot block is not on the actual windows disk ... I
asked before if it's safe to install the boot block on the Windows
disk without distroying data but never got an answer..."
From your description of the issue, you may be having hardware problems.
The first thing I'd do is get your data off (and make sure you back up
in the future). Since you are familiar with Unix, you should be
comfortable working with Knoppix. This will also serve to help
determine if the hardware is failing because if you have issues under
Linux then of course you know the Windows operating system isn't the
culprit. Here's some quick information about using Knoppix:
An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to boot with Knoppix, a Linux
distro on a live cd. You will need a computer with two cd drives, one
of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to
hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast
Internet connection and third-party burning software. Download the
Knoppix .iso from
www.knoppix.net and create your bootable cd. Then
boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If you are
using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop) to
get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then
click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead
of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b
burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.
As for your question about the "boot block", I'm really not sure what
you mean by that. Perhaps we have a language difficulty there. If you
mean fixmbr or fixboot, I doubt that will be useful in your case
anyway.
Here's what I'd do:
1. Get the data off with Knoppix. See how the system behaves.
2. Do hardware testing. Here are some general steps for that:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting
3. Obviously if the system isn't healthy, you have to replace the
hardware component(s) that fail.
4. If the system is healthy and passes all hardware tests, try a Repair
Install:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
5. If the system is healthy and the Repair Install doesn't help, you
will need to do a Clean Install which naturally will delete everything
on the drive. Since you will have your data, this will be an annoyance
but not a disaster.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Oh, and we certainly do have problems in the *nix world. Hard drives and
motherboards fail here just like everywhere else. We also have our own
software issues, they are just different ones.
Malke
