Windows 2000 re-installation

Quasi · 17th September 2003, 12:04 PM

Hello all,

Another trojan horse has hit my fathers laptop. This time we cannot find the virus files, and even when it is not hooked up to the internet, over 10 internet explorer popups try to come up at the same time and it crashes the system. This event appears to be timed for every 5 minutes. Because of this, we need to delete the partition, and re install everything. He backed up his data already. When we tried to re-install windows 2000, it would not let us delete the HD partition where the trojan horse is. I think it is in the design of the system to not allow this. When I upgraded to XP on my computer, it allowed me to boot from the CD, and it deleted the partition and worked fine. However, even when using my XP disc on the laptop (not breaking the license agreement because I was only going to use the utility to delete the partition,) it will not boot on the CD, but goes right to the Windows 2000 startup. Any ideas?

Skeptical Greg · 17th September 2003, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by Quasi
Hello all,

Another trojan horse has hit my fathers laptop. This time we cannot find the virus files, and even when it is not hooked up to the internet, over 10 internet explorer popups try to come up at the same time and it crashes the system. This event appears to be timed for every 5 minutes. Because of this, we need to delete the partition, and re install everything. He backed up his data already. When we tried to re-install windows 2000, it would not let us delete the HD partition where the trojan horse is. I think it is in the design of the system to not allow this. When I upgraded to XP on my computer, it allowed me to boot from the CD, and it deleted the partition and worked fine. However, even when using my XP disc on the laptop (not breaking the license agreement because I was only going to use the utility to delete the partition,) it will not boot on the CD, but goes right to the Windows 2000 startup. Any ideas?

Did you set the BIOS to boot from CD as 1st choice?

ShowMe · 17th September 2003, 12:44 PM

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Originally posted by Diogenes

Did you set the BIOS to boot from CD as 1st choice?

That would be my first guess as well. Also verify that there isn't any BIOS resident antivirus software that prevents anything from writing to the boot partition.

If it's an older laptop with an older hard drive booting from the CD may not be an option. If that's the case you'll need to make some boot disks by putting the CD into a different computer and running the disk making option from the directory. (I don;t have Win2K in front of me right now, but if you load in the CD and explore it the files are pretty obvious).

If you're still stuck for boot disks try http://www.bootdisk.com

Psi Baba · 19th September 2003, 09:19 AM

Seagate has a handy DiskWizard utility that you can download and use for free. I received a copy with the hard drive I just bought a few weeks ago.

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html

It might be worth a try. It should work on any brand of drive, though I haven't tested that assumption.

17th September 2003, 12:04 PM	#1
Quasi Critical Thinker Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 424	Windows 2000 re-installation Hello all, Another trojan horse has hit my fathers laptop. This time we cannot find the virus files, and even when it is not hooked up to the internet, over 10 internet explorer popups try to come up at the same time and it crashes the system. This event appears to be timed for every 5 minutes. Because of this, we need to delete the partition, and re install everything. He backed up his data already. When we tried to re-install windows 2000, it would not let us delete the HD partition where the trojan horse is. I think it is in the design of the system to not allow this. When I upgraded to XP on my computer, it allowed me to boot from the CD, and it deleted the partition and worked fine. However, even when using my XP disc on the laptop (not breaking the license agreement because I was only going to use the utility to delete the partition,) it will not boot on the CD, but goes right to the Windows 2000 startup. Any ideas?
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17th September 2003, 12:08 PM	#2
Skeptical Greg Agave Wine Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Just past 'Resume Speed' Posts: 12,873	Re: Windows 2000 re-installation Quote: Originally posted by Quasi Hello all, Another trojan horse has hit my fathers laptop. This time we cannot find the virus files, and even when it is not hooked up to the internet, over 10 internet explorer popups try to come up at the same time and it crashes the system. This event appears to be timed for every 5 minutes. Because of this, we need to delete the partition, and re install everything. He backed up his data already. When we tried to re-install windows 2000, it would not let us delete the HD partition where the trojan horse is. I think it is in the design of the system to not allow this. When I upgraded to XP on my computer, it allowed me to boot from the CD, and it deleted the partition and worked fine. However, even when using my XP disc on the laptop (not breaking the license agreement because I was only going to use the utility to delete the partition,) it will not boot on the CD, but goes right to the Windows 2000 startup. Any ideas? Did you set the BIOS to boot from CD as 1st choice?
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17th September 2003, 12:44 PM	#3
ShowMe Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,201	Re: Re: Windows 2000 re-installation Quote: Originally posted by Diogenes Did you set the BIOS to boot from CD as 1st choice? That would be my first guess as well. Also verify that there isn't any BIOS resident antivirus software that prevents anything from writing to the boot partition. If it's an older laptop with an older hard drive booting from the CD may not be an option. If that's the case you'll need to make some boot disks by putting the CD into a different computer and running the disk making option from the directory. (I don;t have Win2K in front of me right now, but if you load in the CD and explore it the files are pretty obvious). If you're still stuck for boot disks try http://www.bootdisk.com
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19th September 2003, 09:19 AM	#4
Psi Baba Homo Skepticalis Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Occupying my barstool Posts: 3,177	Seagate has a handy DiskWizard utility that you can download and use for free. I received a copy with the hard drive I just bought a few weeks ago. http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html It might be worth a try. It should work on any brand of drive, though I haven't tested that assumption.
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