Computer stuck in boot loop

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by RedLotus, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. RedLotus

    RedLotus Private E-2

    I am not sure of all the computer specs. I will get them tomorrow. Its a XP machine that is about a year old. Wednesday Morning I installed Limewire. Everything went fine all day. However, today I started getting alot of pop ups and limewire started turning itself on even after i disconnected and exited the program. I ran windows defender and lavasoft adware. They both found a ton of stuff so I deleted it all. I deleted my cookies and temp internet files including offline files. Windows defender stated I had the Navidad worm so I found the removal tool and ran it. It stated the worm was removed. But the problem still wasnt fixed so I decided to uninstall Limewire and then clean my computer. After the unistall ran the computer shut down to reboot. But it never came back up. It is stuck in the first 2 pages of the boot sequence. I can enter the cmos utility or the user window. I can not find a opition to boot in safe mood anywhere. I tried using the restore disk to go back to a restore piont, but it stated there was no image to roll back to. I do not want to have to restore it to factory due to having a few files that I can not lose on the hard drive. Any suggestions would be appreciated........
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Sounds like you are going to have to reinstall. But there could be a few options to try first. These options are typically better be discussed in the Software Forum but below is what I thinking

    1. to simple recover files you need, you can try installing the hard disk as a slave in another PC and just copy the files you need off of it. Then reinstall your OS.
    2. If you have a boot CD for your OS, you could boot this CD and perform a Repair Install. See: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
     

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