Help! Have a trojan, can't boot up

[exbass94]

Jiggle the cable.

Which cable would that be? The monitor cable is fine, I get the Dell logo when I first turn it on, and I can access the setup menu. As soon as I exit the setup menu, I just get a blank screen.
Why the f*** do people have to create trojans/viruses anyway? This reminds me of when someone broke into my Explorer, I just wanna find out who did it and beat his face in with a tire iron.

 

[exbass94]

UPDATE: I found out how to erase everything and set my computer back to the way it was when it was new by pressing CTRL+F11 when starting up. Now I just have to finish adjusting everything back to the way it was, get some good virus protection, and re-rip all of my CDs.

 

[Mark_88]

Good stuff, but I don't understand why you would need to re-do all your CDs...they should be read by any CD player regardless of what happens to your computer...unless they were done wrong in the first place...

 

[exbass94]

No I don't need to burn my CDs again, I need to copy my CDs to the computer. (ripping) I do this so I can play music while online without having to insert CDs, and so I can easily copy music to my flash drive.

 

[Mark_88]

No I don't need to burn my CDs again, I need to copy my CDs to the computer. (ripping) I do this so I can play music while online without having to insert CDs, and so I can easily copy music to my flash drive.

Ah...sorry, I was familiar with the term "ripping" from an old Post Script interpreter program I used to work with...to "rip" something meant we ran the PS file through the interpreter and then sent it to a non-PS printer in a format that was familiar to the printer...

 

[mgn465]

Could I just buy a new Windows XP CD and reinstall Windows? I don't have anything valuable on the computer I want saved, so erasing it is no problem. I don't really have access to any spare hard drives.

I think that is the only solution

 

[fastpakr]

I think that is the only solution

While a complete re-install is an option, it's certainly possible to clean up the system without going through all that.

 

[exbass94]

My computer is officially 100% fixed since I did that Ctrl+F11 thing. I spent a few hours yesterday re-ripping about 100 CDs, but the computer is completely back to the way it was before.

 

[shaffer20]

go to a friends house. go to microsofts website and search windows 7. download the evaluation copy and burn it. its free and better then vista. im running that now and its not bad at all.
do that and your up and running.

 

[Jay FX4]

Yeah Windows 7 is a free download for the time being. It is of course a beta version though. But if you ever need an OS in a pinch - nothing beats free.

 

[exbass94]

Is anyone reading my follow-up posts?? I appreciate the suggestions, but my computer is already fixed!!!

 

[Jay FX4]

LOL I was going to point that out to Shaffer, but I got sidetracked and posted that other comment instead....