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Virus not allowing correct boot up?

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Name: clope013
Date: February 27, 2005 at 21:18:00 Pacific
OS: WindowsXP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: Amd 1600 / 256 mb
Comment:

I am having trouble getting my pc to start up. It asks me to choose a way to start up [safe mode, last known..., start normally]. Neither of the options work, they just hang when I select one of them. Then when I insert the WinXP disk, it does not want to boot from disk, just hangs, or reads "boot from cd:" then some jibberrish using symbols instead of letters.

I tried booting using the Hirens Boot CD, but i get the same result as the WinXP cd.

Any help...I am extremely frustrated

Thanks,
Carlos



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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: February 27, 2005 at 23:52:56 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Carlos,

Sounds like the mobo, memory or HD.

With the power UNPLUGGED, disconnect all drives and try again.

Any gibberish?

If so, reseat RAM and video.

HTH

M2


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