Rdutch 0 #1 July 29, 2002 Help My other computer caught a virus and its messed up. It wont even run at all. I installed the HD on my computer as a D: drive and ran a virus scan and cleared up all the viruses but the damage is ireversable. I want to just reinstall Windows Xp on my drive but I cant install it from Ms-Dos and my cd-rom wont auto run to detect and install it. any suggestions? Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #2 July 29, 2002 Why won't it auto start up with the CD? Did you go into your BIOS and set the boot order with CD before the HD? I can't remember if XP gives you an option to create boot floppies, I'll get back to you on that one.I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #3 July 29, 2002 Sounds like it my have infected your boot sector, you may have to fdisk the boot sector...HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #4 July 29, 2002 BE SPECIFIC... fdisk /MBR is what he meant regular ole fdisk will wipe your HD. NOT a bad idea if you don't care what's on it. BUT, even if your MBR (master boot sector) is trashed, you still should be able to boot from a CD.I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #5 July 29, 2002 Sorry , we have some customer writing bad code and keeps bringing down a couple our servers... Hectic day... you have fdisk /mbrHAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #6 July 29, 2002 I could just format the disk and re-install it but I want to keep whats on it. Is there any way I can install windows from ms-dos? Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #7 July 29, 2002 Have you checked the BIOS and made sure that when booting it first looks at the cd rom drive?HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
