Re: Won't boot. Virus?
From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/03/03
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Date: 3 Nov 2003 08:33:49 -0800
The exact word for word error message would be helpful, if possible.
Searching www.google.com, www.google.com/advanced_group_search and
www.microsoft.com/support for that error message is good as well.
I'm not necessarily certain it's a virus. If it was a virus, I might
recommend putting the hard drive into another computer and scan it
from there. Another alternative might be to install Windows to a
second folder on the original hard drive, or using a boot floppy from
your antivirus vendor or www.f-secure/products with the latest
antivirus updates to scan the drive [unless it's formatted in NTFS].
Depending on what the search above and/or the antivirus scan tell you
about the most likely causes for your error message, off the top of my
head I might consider problems with a newly installed driver or patch,
loose or failing hardware, corrupt hard drive, etc.
"Mike Meier" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<067c01c3a1d3$891482a0$a501280a@phx.gbl>...
> Tonight, Sunday, while working at home, and during "60
> Minutes", my Windows 2000 Pro (not server) system failed
> to boot. It makes it to about 2/3rds through the screen
> with the Windows logo, then I get a bsod mentioning stop
> error 7B - boot device not accessible, I think. (The
> system is at home. I'm at work sending this
> message.) "Getting Started" says it is probably a virus.
> None of the Safe Mode approaches worked, but running
> Recovery Console from the CD-ROM is successful in getting
> the system started. I am logged on as the administrator.
> Now what do I do? How do I find and eliminate the virus?
> I can't find anything useful at Symantec. Do I have to
> reinstall Windows 2000?
>
> By the way, my system is connected to the Internet using
> DSL, through a router, and I'm running Norton SystemWorks
> Pro 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall. Norton Antivirus
> scans the computer every night. How did this happen?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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