xp home repair gone bad

[bbxrider]

the pc had the vundo virus and it had been removed. one acct though and it
was an admin acct,
wasn't coming up, stuck on load system settings, it was really the acct that
was needed.
i started a xp repair from the install cd, it was in the step 4, 'installing
windows', 30 minutes left, and crashed. now sometimes
the repair restarts with the full 39 minutes, but soon after the screen goes
blank and doesn't seem to go anywhere, not in 40 minutes
anyway
sometimes on a reboot it doesn't recognize the install in progress and just
goes to a fresh install, but the repair option is
not there. it just sees the c partition as ntfs and is ready to do a fresh
install.
i looked into the kb 307545, to find a restore point by booting into the
recovery console so i can at least see the drive.
i have what looks like a complete config folder, but nothing that looks like
a snapshot in the 'system volume information'
folder. so i don't think i can do anything with that
any ideas where i'm at and hopefully to save this repair or just get the
system back to regular bootable? i had other admin
acct that i could log into before i started the repair.
bob

 

[db]

boot up with the
cd again, and
select repair to
launch the recovery
console.

then at the disk
prompt run>:

chkdsk /p

then exit and remove
cd and see what the
status is.


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[bbxrider]

thanks for the reply, i had already done that.
in the config folder, all the files, system, software, etc. had a .sav.
so i saved the orig system and system.sav, deleted the orig system and
replaced it with system.sav
now the repair is continuing at the 39 minute thing, so........., maybe i
got lucky and had a bad system but
good system.sav somehow? they both were the same size, but my recovery
console didn't have a file compare
to really check. so fingers crossed for now to see if it will finish.
seeing how i didn't have a restore point in the repair folder, system volume
information/_restore....., is there some
way to force a restore point, so i could have that for future problems and
make a restore easier?

 

[bbxrider]

well, guess i spoke/posted too soon, got about 1/2 thru the installing
devices, was supplying it with drivers i got from
the web and copied to a cd, but after getting 2 drivers, screen went blank
and got no further

 

[db]

no doubt, the issues
pertain to hardware
and or drivers.

perhaps, you should
ensure that you only
have a kb and mouse
connected to the pc.

also, ensure the display
is connected to the
standard video port

and if you have any
specialty boards installed,
you should temporarily
removed them.

what you might also
try is to reinstall the
o.s. on a different
partition or drive if
you have one.

another thing you might
try is to create a knoppix
boot up disk and retrieve
your personal files so that
you might simply do a
clean install.

there is also a rescue
disk here:

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html

or even try to slave
that drive on another
pc so that you can
retrieve your personal
files.

the above suggestions
are provided because
you may simply have
to wipe the drive and
do a clean install of
windows since the
repair install is failing.

remember, the repair
install only replaces missing
or corrupted system files
with genuine ones.

however, if there is a
system file or driver that may
be found to be ok by the
repair installation engine,

it doesn't mean that the
system files or drivers you
had installed are "compatiable".
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[bbxrider]

thanks again, i have copies from attaching the drive as a slave to another
machine.
i'm ok with all the things mentioned, except for the last 2 paragraphs, not
sure what you mean by that

 

[Daave]

the pc had the vundo virus and it had been removed.

Can you please post a link to the procedure you used to remove the
infection? There is a good chance you are still infected; Vundo can be
tough to completely remove.

one acct though
and it was an admin acct,
wasn't coming up, stuck on load system settings, it was really the
acct that was needed.
i started a xp repair from the install cd,

A Repair Install will fail if you haven't completely removed the
infection.

If you *are* still infected and you can't remove it completely, you
should perform a Clean Install.

 

[db]

sure.

basically it would seem
reasonable to believe that
if you simply installed
windows clean,

then your chances to
get the o.s. installed
and operational might
be better.

because what may be
inhibiting the repair is
that there may be
incompatible drivers
installed but the repair
engine finds no need to
replace them with generic
drivers.

thus the issue you may
be having and perhaps
had, which may have
led you to initially initiate
your repair protocol.


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[bbxrider]

i used a few
http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-vundo#how-to-remove
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Trojan-Vundo-free-Removal-Tool.shtml
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-112210-3747-99
i wish a clean install was an option for me
if you have another removal source, please share it

 

[Daave]

i used a few
http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-vundo#how-to-remove
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Trojan-Vundo-free-Removal-Tool.shtml
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-112210-3747-99
i wish a clean install was an option for me
if you have another removal source, please share it

I'm guessing it's too late since you undertook a Repair Install which
went bad. Still, for the benefit of others, here's a helpful guide:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-vundo-virtumonde

The final step of posting a HijackThis log to an appropriate forum is
included in the instructions in the event Vundo isn't removed completely
(and that can happen).

A clean install is *always* an option (and in your case, it may very
well be your *only* option). You have the installation CD. Is all your
data backed up? If not, that's your first order of business. Do you have
an external hard drive? If not, get one. The only other alternative is
to physically remove the drive and place it in another PC as a slave.
What is the make and model of your PC?

If you are able to hook your PC up to an external hard drive, configure
your PC to boot off an emergency rescue disk (like Knoppix, Bart PE, or
UBCD4Win). Then you may transfer your data. Make sure you transfer your
e-mails and IE favorites.