Reply to Re: A question from a computer illiterate
If you don't have an account, just leave the password field blank.
I'm gonna guess it's the second one, because I just remembered that a while back, I installed SP2 onto a laptop and it had a similar problem, but for some reason Windows loaded under Safe Mode, unlike this time, so it was pretty easy to use System Restore to fix that problem.
As for the scanner, the only external hardware hooked up to the computer is the cable modem and a printer, so I that's ruled out.
Well, I didn't think I had the original disc anywhere, so I made a Windows Setup Disc (that's the same as a Startup Disc, right?), but was dumbfounded when I looked around my computer, and found that there was no floppy disc drive to be found! I'd never even noticed this - how odd. Anyway, I guess my only chance left is to find someone with a Startup CD or, as someone else suggested, find a way to hook up this hard drive to another to transfer the files before reformating the entire drive (could the infection, if it is a virus, spread to the host drive though if I found a way to do this?).
As for the scanner, the only external hardware hooked up to the computer is the cable modem and a printer, so I that's ruled out.
Well, I didn't think I had the original disc anywhere, so I made a Windows Setup Disc (that's the same as a Startup Disc, right?), but was dumbfounded when I looked around my computer, and found that there was no floppy disc drive to be found! I'd never even noticed this - how odd. Anyway, I guess my only chance left is to find someone with a Startup CD or, as someone else suggested, find a way to hook up this hard drive to another to transfer the files before reformating the entire drive (could the infection, if it is a virus, spread to the host drive though if I found a way to do this?).
