Re: virus or not?

From: Kelvin (Kelvin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:07:02 -0800

No they are not related. only that each have had problems with ebay! (unsure
about the forth, which i'm not going to touch yet) 3 have xp home the other
pro. Just to run through my steps

1) tried safe mode etc
2) used Home/Pro discs to recover CHKDSK /R
3) tried fix boot
4) removed HDD, set up as slave-would not boot? Hot conected it (naughty)
HDD found, scanned using uptodate norton-no virus, tried to format stoped at
13%
5) Reinstalled HDD-primary boot failure.
6) Max blast failed to recognise it has a Maxtor. Which it was.
7) Power max low level formated it then said it wasnt there?
8) After numerous attempts to format Fat32/ntfs (13% stall) 2 other drives
went in the same way as above, just altering things around the above.
9) one out of the 3 drives was a definately a worker!
10) removed battery and ram left ten min and tried again.
11) I have an 80 gig still zeroing
12) called for help

Hope thats clearer

kelvin

"Joseph Scalise" wrote:

> Kelvin,
>
> After reading your post I can't determine whether all 3 of the computers
> you talk about in the beginning ALL stop at 13%...? If this is NOT the
> case, some of these disks you are trying to fix may be mechanically damaged.
> HDD are largly mechanical devices, I have had countless arms go bad in disks
> over the years. Listen for any unusual sounds emitting from the drive
> during bootup.
>
> As far as it being a virus: Please reply with more specifics as to whether
> these computers are related to each other in any way. For instance, you
> made mention of this virus being an external problem, does that mean these
> computers were hooked up to a network in the shop?
>
> "Kelvin" <Kelvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F855E45B-5074-4233-92AB-9A16FBE2F12A@microsoft.com...
> > My name is Kelvin Harris and I own and run a small internet café and
> > computer
> > repair shop. Amek Computing & Training Ltd. Wednesbury, West Midlands. UK.
> > Over the last 3 days I have had 3 computers to repair all following the
> > same
> > theme. My customers all report that when the XP logo appears their machine
> > restarts. They will not start in safe mode, nor last good. Fat32 or ntfs
> > formatting halts at around 13%. After low level formatting the HDD becomes
> > unuseable? And subsequent boots report Primary Hard Drive failure. I have
> > even tried connecting the HDD to my own system has a slave but again 13%
> > seems to be the magical figure. I have tried various HDD drive repair
> > programmes inc Maxblast and powermax. Thinking a resident virus may exist
> > I
> > have cleared the cosmos/bios and tried again! My question is? Is their any
> > virus out there that displays these characteristics. During this 3 day
> > period
> > 2 other computers have been repaired showing no sign of this problem,
> > making
> > me think it is an external problem to the shop, although I cannot totally
> > rule this out. I have had another computer in for repair showing similar
> > symptoms. Another common theme seems to be the use of ebay.
> >
> > I hope you can advise
> >
> > My e-mail is k.harris@blueyonder.co.uk
> >
> > Thank you for your time and assistance
> >
> > Kelvin
> >
> > --
> > KLH
>
>
>

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