my computer restarts when i try accessing registry. there is also no turn off button now. I use XP Pro. Help?

December 6, 2009

I think i ve a virus that adds a .exe extension to files. I try to access the registry but then it restarts, can’t access msconfig either, can’t install any thing as it closes every window anytime one opens. Am at a loss bcoz I have data on the drive and I can’t format the whole disk, the virus lauches when i access the d partition. Please if i could know which virus this is and which antivirus can actually clean the files even if to delete them. I can I wipe the c drive and reinstall windows; but then i will need an antivirus that will eliminate the virus from the D drive. That is if there is no other way around it.

Can I perform a clean install of Windows XP with my installation source from Drive D (Hard disk Partition)?

November 1, 2009

I want to reformat my system..all data in the hard drive cleared, in short…clean install. However, my CD-ROM drive is corrupted and I can’t install Windows using a bootable CD. Fortunately, I copied the entire CD to my hard disk as back up, and now I want to reinstall Windows XP, can I copy the setup files to drive D(secondary HDD partition), run setup.exe and then choose clean install? Are the data in drive D won;t be cleared also if I choose clean install? Remember, I will install Windows XP in drive C.

Stuck on a Windows XP clean install..what shoud i do ?

August 30, 2009

*i dont know if i have a software or a hardware problem. this is what i see…

This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP to run on your computer.

-To set up Windows XP now, Press Enter.
-To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
-To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

If I hit ENTER, this is what it says:

The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer.

Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list.

-To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER.
-To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C.
-To delete the selected partition, press D.

Unknown Disk
(There is no disk in this drive.)
Unknown Disk
(There is no disk in this drive.)
Unknown Disk
(There is no disk in this drive.)
Unknown Disk
(There is no disk in this drive.)

if I hit D to delete the partitions(?), a blue screen pops up showing this:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you’ve seen this Stop error screen, restart this computer……

etc…etc… (I’m sure you know what this screen says)

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0xf7418cad, 0xf6fd57e4, 0x00000000)
*** setupdd.sys – Address f7418cad base at f73ec000, DateStamp 41107c8f

clean-up hard drive and deleting files from windows folder?

August 13, 2009

i only have 40Gig hard drive capacity where i make 30:10 partition. driveC has 30 where i already utilized 85% of the spaced. although i always do disk clean-up, i still think that i do not get the enough clean-up. specially when i see scan files over 260000. are there any other way to reduce the system files. can we delete some files direct from the windows folder.

Hard drive won’t show up for repair install or clean install in Windows XP. Shows up in Bios though…?

July 21, 2009

After pressing F8 to accept the Microsoft agreement it brings you to the partition page that displays your hard drives and partition. The problem is that nothing shows up here for me to do anything. I’ve tested the hard drive and memory. I’ve also tried swapping drives to see what would happen, but same thing. Any advice would help, thanks everyone.