Hi guys,
When I get to disk managment under admin tools, W7 thinks that there are no logical or primary partitions.
Command using "diskpart" yields the same results. I heard that this could be consequence of a virus or malware and I scanned using MSE and it found some malicious software.
Maybe its because of my MBR being corrupted somehow, but I dont know how to fix it if W7 cant identity my partitions.
Anyways heres a SS
Many thanks guys
1. Download MalwareBytes. Malwarebytes MalwarebytesANTI-VIRUS - VIRUS and MALWARE REMOVAL / PROTECTION
2. Disconnect from the Internet.
3. Disable your present antivirus software and firewall.
4. Remove your present antivirus software and firewall.
5. Install and run the MalwareBytes Quick Scan (remove any bad guys). 3min 29secs on my laptop.
6. Reconnect to Internet.
7. Update MalwareBytes.
8. Run malwarebytes quick scan again.(remove any bad guys). 3min 38secs on my laptop.
9. Run MalwareBytes full scan. 16min 8secs on my laptop. With large,full disk ~2hours.
A. Disable your present antivirus software and firewall
B. Remove your present antivirus software
C. Download Microsoft Security Essentials.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
D. Run Microsoft Security Essentials. Quick Scan - ~8 min on my laptop.
E. Run Microsoft Security Essentials. Full Scan - ~ 1hr 50 min on my laptop.
Now I advise you to uninstall MalwareBytes and only install again when and if you need it.
Why?, you ask. Leaving MalwareBytes installed slowed my system. AutoRuns showed MalwareBytes processes running even after exiting from MalwareBytes.
I disagree with the last 6 suggestions. It's only your opinion that MSE is the best AV solution (when lots of people suggest otherwise) and Mbam runs fine on my machine and lots of others so suggesting he remove that is not necessarily a good idea.
Is this a recent clean install, if so you have alot of choices. Use a restore point prior to this happening, do a clean install of os if you don't want to hunt for viruses
Thanks for all the suggestions... but I already scanned with both. Yet the problem was not fixed.
Has anybody experienced this and found a solution?
I downloaded a couple of partition utilities, and they can locate the partitions. However, like the image I showed you, Windows cannot locate them.
Sorry for the double post, but another issue is that I cannot even install another OS on the second partition since Windows cannot find ANY Partition (basicially windows thinks that there is NO hard drive to install itself onto).
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