Having acquired the above virus, I cannot now access my laptop at all. I am denied access to Task Manager and to any variety of Safe Mode.
The machine is a Toshiba C650-15Z and came with Win 7 Home Premium (and all the usual bloatware) pre-installed. On first aquisition, I created a Win 7 64bit Repair Disc and the two Toshiba Recovery Media discs. Unfortunately, the virus seems to prevent first reading from the DVD drive.
The laptop was becoming a little sluggish and I had already considered re-installing using a Win 7 Home Premium disc from my desk top machine and and the Product Key from the laptop. However, since a virus is involved, I did not wish to risk infecting this disc too so have not yet proceeded and, in any case, access to the DVD drive appears to be denied.
Is there a way forward please?
The machine is a Toshiba C650-15Z and came with Win 7 Home Premium (and all the usual bloatware) pre-installed. On first aquisition, I created a Win 7 64bit Repair Disc and the two Toshiba Recovery Media discs. Unfortunately, the virus seems to prevent first reading from the DVD drive.
The laptop was becoming a little sluggish and I had already considered re-installing using a Win 7 Home Premium disc from my desk top machine and and the Product Key from the laptop. However, since a virus is involved, I did not wish to risk infecting this disc too so have not yet proceeded and, in any case, access to the DVD drive appears to be denied.
Is there a way forward please?
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 home premium 64bit SP1Intel core2 duo e6750 @ 2.66ghz6gb Corsair PC6400C4D ddr2Nvidia gForce 7600gt
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- My own build
- OS
- Windows 7 home premium 64bit SP1
- CPU
- Intel core2 duo e6750 @ 2.66ghz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte ga-p35c-ds3r (BIOS updated to v12 in Jan 2012)
- Memory
- 6gb Corsair PC6400C4D ddr2
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia gForce 7600gt
- Sound Card
- Realtek on-board high definition
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" Iiyama
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- C: (OS and Programmes) on 120GB OCZ Vertex3 and D: (All Data) WD 1TB Caviar Green.
- PSU
- Corsair HX520w modular
- Case
- Antec P182
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Multimedia 1.0A
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Optical
- Internet Speed
- 19.60mbps (max)
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Browser
- Chrome and Internet Explorer
- Other Info
- Orange Netgear N150 Modem/Router DGN1000SP
Western Digital MyBook 1TB external HDD
HP Photosmart D7260 A4 printer
Epson V200 A4 scanner