Windows XP will not boot

[Gary Parent]

Got a Malware via IE. Usual bogus offer to clean your hard drive. At the same time I was updating Windows XP from Microsoft.

While fighting though the numerous Malware windows the system just went BLACK SCREEN.

Now, it starts up loading Windows and never gets far enough to see the cursor or anything displayed. I tried SAFE mode and nothing works. I wonder if the Windows Update corrupted a Windows file or if its the Malware.

Can I pull the hard drive out of the LAPTOP and put it into an External enclosure then plug the External into a good PC and run Malware Bytes from the good PC on the External drive containing the problem Windows drive.

I am worried that Malware Bytes might not scan the external drive like it would the local drive. Will MWB recognize all the Windows folders and operating system on the external?

[Gammo]

Hi,

Follow these first steps on another PC:

First, copy this scan.txt to a USB drive.

Please print these instruction out so that you know what you are doing.

OTLPEStd.exe

Size: 97,697,047b / 93.1Mb

MD5: E29EEBA00CCA665A2F04B8695469D986

1. Download OTLPEStd.exe to your desktop.
   
2. Ensure that you have a blank CD in the drive.
   
3. Double click OTLPEStd.exe and this will then open imgburn to burn the file to CD.
   
4. Reboot the infected system using the boot CD you just created.
   Note : If you do not know how to set your computer to boot from CD follow the steps here.
   
5. As the CD needs to detect your hardware and load the operating system, I would recommend a nice cup of tea whilst it loads.
   
6. Your system should now display a Reatogo desktop.
   Note : as you are running from CD it is not exactly speedy.
   
7. Double-click on the OTLPE icon.
   
8. Select the Windows folder of the infected drive if it asks for a location.
   
9. When asked "Do you wish to load the remote registry", select Yes.
   
10. When asked "Do you wish to load remote user profile(s) for scanning", select Yes.
    
11. Ensure the box "Automatically Load All Remaining Users" is checked and press OK.
    
12. OTL should now start.
    
13. Double-click on the Custom Scans/Fixes box and a message box will popup asking if you want to load a custom scan from a file.
    Select Scan.txt on your USB drive.
    
14. Press Run Scan to start the scan.
    
15. When finished, the file will be saved in drive C:\OTL.txt.
    
16. Copy this file to your USB drive if you do not have internet connection on this system.
    
17. Right click the file and select send to : select the USB drive.
    
18. Confirm that it has copied to the USB drive by selecting it
    
19. You can backup any files that you wish from this OS
    
20. Please post the contents of the C:\OTL.txt file in your reply.
    

scan.txt

[Maurice Naggar]

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