Re: virus or not?

From: Clive (anomynous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:33:03 +0100

Once the Laptop has booted I can power-up the accessories without any
anomaly.

"Clive" <anomynous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23SVwumdDFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Kelvin,
> I don't know if this will help but thought I would put my sixpenny's worth
> in.
> I have a laptop and a desktop plus a powered USB2 hub, which I transfer
> from one computer to the other.
> When connected to the laptop and one or two accessories (powered up)
> connected to the hub, the laptop never reaches the Windows Logo and keeps
> restarting. Powering down the accessories resolves the problem. Now the
> desktop does not appear to be affected with the same problem when hub is
> connected with powered-up accessories.
>
>
> "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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