Alureon and my broken laptop

whs · 29 Mar 2013

VistaKing said:

whs said:

What speaks against reinstalling the system from the recovery partition. Just keep tapping F11 after power-on and it gets you into the wizard. Since your files are backed up, you should be good.

WHS

That is our last resort .

Yeah, but the files are backed up so there should not be a big problem. Just a bit of work. It's straight forward.

But you guys keep tinkering with it. Maybe you have a more subtle solution.

SarahCali · 29 Mar 2013

Downloaded both fine - but cannot run rescue2usb.exe as requires Win.

I am so confused. Alureon has caused this because I tried to remove it, is that right?

VistaKing · 29 Mar 2013

The back up is probably from a few months or yrs ago .

cottonball · 29 Mar 2013

I still do not have an answer, doyou, or don't you have the Repair your computer option in the Advanced Boot Options menu?

Please select and copy/paste your answer:
Yes, I do have the Repair your Computer option when I use F8 and go to the Advanced Boot Options menu.

No, I do not have the Repair your Computer option when I use F8 and go to the Advanced Boot Options menu.

VistaKing · 29 Mar 2013

Tab on F8 and choose Safe Mode with Networking ( see image below )

SarahCali · 29 Mar 2013

My backup? No, it's recent - 2 weeks. Does it backup everything though, by default? Progs, not just data?

It did take AGES to save, I know that much. I have never had to use it to restore, so don't actually know what's on there (although I assume damn Alureon will have made it's way in there?!)

VistaKing · 29 Mar 2013

Sarah lets worry about your backup later . Cottonball asked you a question. Lets focus on getting one thing done first .

SarahCali · 29 Mar 2013

I'm not in the Windows Menu though, ESC on reboot brings me into the HP Menu, options are as listed above (I would copy but it's so tricky on the phone!) - System Info, Diagnostics, Boot Device, BIOS and Recovery.

Please know I am trying to follow instructions, this is basically a foreign language and I find some of it v hard to follow!

VistaKing · 29 Mar 2013

If you tab on the F8 key you should get a black Window with white text and one of the items listed should be Repair your Computer ( should be the first item listed ) image below

SarahCali · 29 Mar 2013

VistaKing said:

Tab on F8 and choose Safe Mode with Networking ( see image below )

OK, got here and it listed a bunch of Windows files ... they quickly scrolled, but flashed blue screen exactly as before - and went to same Win Startup Error Screen