Re: Won't boot. Virus?
From: Mike Meier (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/03/03
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:53:07 -0800
Thanks.
I was reinstalling my Linksys router software when this
all happened.
The error was definitely Stop:Error 0x0000007B,
inaccessible boot device. "Getting Started" says it
happens when the I/O system could not be loaded. It also
gave some of the same reccomentdation you have. By the
way, I've got SCSI on this system, and I use NTFS. A
reply on another board said he has seen this problem a
number of times on systems with SCSI drives.
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>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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