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James Kerwin <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:37:24 -0700
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Stop emailing me
On Jun 9, 2014 10:18 AM, "cubbettee cubbettee" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Well friend got another virus again--this one did not seem so bad as only
> one box poped up asking for money, or police would be called and givng him
> a countdown which keeps changing when he does not comply--he thinks he got
> the one that was just in the papers.  Anyway I am having problem.  Normally
> I just use a hiren Boot Disk and run Acronis and restore an image--this
> gets does about every 6 months for years  The computer is set to boot from
> cd.  However it will not and just is going into windows.  I even tried
> another copy of my Hiren Boot cd as well in case my original copy that I
> had been using was too scratched.  I know the rom works as I put in a cd of
> music and was able to see the files listed.  With the two copies of the
> Hiren, it would not show the files even though the drive seems to be
> flickering at its normal pace for that cd.  From  the booting I tried f5 to
> go to safe mode and that hung as well as f10 for system recovery.  So I
> logged back into the  main user and did system restore which after reboot
>  said it changed nothing.  Then I tried from the hardly used profile which
> did not have all the pop up boxes, and I got the same result.  Then I tried
> safe mode again and this time I was able to get in but still after a long
> delay.  Used the default HP administrator that gets created and the system
> restore took much longer, and it was only half way done whencomputer
>  rebooted and went into windows.  The I tried the Hiren boot cd again to no
> avial booting.  Any idea what I can do?  The issues are still in his
> machine although it  is seeming to be a bit quicker
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> Thanks in advance
>                           PCSOFT's List Owners:
>                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                         Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>
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