My older computer (not the one I'm using now) is a Compaq Presario 5000 with 
two CD drives.  It fell victim to adware/spyware in September of last year. 
Now I need to use it, to copy some personal stuff from one CD to another, 
but when I boot it up all I get is a lot of chatter on the monitor that 
looks like a bazillion old-time memory chips, row on row and flashing on and 
off.  I tried the Norton website but I can't even get into DOS, much less 
Windows.  And I've tried my old "Norton rescue" disks to no avail.  So how 
can I rescue my poor ol' Compaq?  Is there something I can download onto a 
CD on this computer to transfer to the Compaq?    Or is the Compaq just so 
much unusable hardware?  (Happily, I made regular backups so I didn't lose 
much if any data.)  TIA for any help!  Please?

Joyce E.
southeast Ohio 

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