XP wont boot, everything is spelt wrong

F L å M ë s · 10-19-2009, 03:29 PM

Hi I'm having a problem with my laptop

IT wont boot at the moment and on the screen where you choose to boot in safe mode everything is spelt wrong.

I have tried putting my XP disk in and running the recovery console but everything is spelt wrong there as well and it just stops after i tell it to start

I got it to boot in safe mode and tried using an earlier restore point but it has had no effect.

This was in the laptop support section but someone said that it could be a boot sector virus so i should post it here.

HELP PLEASE!!!!!

thanks

Ried · 10-23-2009, 05:18 PM

Hi,

It's difficult to say exactly what it is without a set of logs. You've also been accessing the BIOS according to your other threads. Did you make any changes in there?

See if you can boot into Safe Mode and run the tools as outlined in our sticky topic New Instructions - Read This Before Posting for Malware Removal Help and post the requested logs in your next reply.

Download the tools from another computer and transfer them to this computer if you have to.

10-19-2009, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
F L å M ë s Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10 OS: XP	XP wont boot, everything is spelt wrong Hi I'm having a problem with my laptop IT wont boot at the moment and on the screen where you choose to boot in safe mode everything is spelt wrong. I have tried putting my XP disk in and running the recovery console but everything is spelt wrong there as well and it just stops after i tell it to start I got it to boot in safe mode and tried using an earlier restore point but it has had no effect. This was in the laptop support section but someone said that it could be a boot sector virus so i should post it here. HELP PLEASE!!!!! thanks

10-23-2009, 05:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ried Assistant Manager, TSF Academy; Moderator/Analyst Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,945 OS: WinXP and Vista	Re: XP wont boot, everything is spelt wrong Hi, It's difficult to say exactly what it is without a set of logs. You've also been accessing the BIOS according to your other threads. Did you make any changes in there? See if you can boot into Safe Mode and run the tools as outlined in our sticky topic New Instructions - Read This Before Posting for Malware Removal Help and post the requested logs in your next reply. Download the tools from another computer and transfer them to this computer if you have to. __________________ Member of ASAP since 2005 Member of UNITE since 2006 "It is one life whether we spend it laughing or weeping." "Take the time to laugh--it is the music of the soul."