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can't get to desktop icons, keeps going back to login screen even when i put another harddisk in to try to download virus checker cant get program installed,when i boot from other hd it won't finish downloading and installing other programs ie virus checker or other browser - when trying original hd can't get to cd to reinstall windows help please
Trying to use a second HD - presumably with XP installed on it - is not likely to be successful; unless that drive and the OS installation were made originally using that same system... What happend prior to the problem arriving; did you install anything - software/updates - even hardare??
Meanwhile... get yourself a copy of knoppix or ubuntu (linux variants) and boot with that. Then go on-line and run a full on-line virus scan via Trend.com - using their freebie "Housecall".
"Anything" quarantined locally - delete it.
knoppix.com, ubuntu.com both have free .iso which download and burn to a dvd; boot with that dvd...
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