Crumble,
No need for another computer, or for a USB flash drive!
Since the computer boots, let's run this program from the hard drive that contains your Operating System (normally C:\). Do not follow the previous instructions requiring a USB flash drive.
This was tested on my own computer, and it worked.
Please print these instructions, and read them once, so you have an idea of what you are doing.
Do follow them step by step.
Here we go...
Please download
Farbar Recovery Scan Tool:
Farbar Recovery Scan Tool Download
Select the version that applies to your computer (32-bit or 64-bit)
Save
FRST.exe to the
Desktop
Right-click
Start, and select:
Open Windows Explorer
Look for drive
C:\, or the drive that contains your Operating System (OS).
Now, go to the Desktop, right-click FRST.exe, and move it right into C:\
>>> Restart the computer.
As soon as the BIOS is loaded begin tapping the F8 key until the
Advanced Boot Options menu appears.
Use the arrow keys to select the
Repair your Computer menu item.
Select your language settings, and click: Next
Select your User account and click: OK/Next (If you did not set a password, leave blank.)
On the
System Recovery Options menu you get the following options:
Startup Repair
System Restore
Windows Complete PC Restore
Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Scan your computer's memory for errors.
Command Prompt
Select:
Command Prompt
In the Command Prompt window, at the bliking cursor type:
notepad
(See note #1)
Press: Enter
In
Notepad, under the
File menu select:
Open
Double-click:
Computer (on the left side), find the drive letter that has the Operating System, and remember what letter it has.
(See note #2)
Click on the OS drive
In Files of Type, select:
All files
Press:
Open
Confirm that
FRST.exe is there!
Now, click the
Command Prompt window.
Type the following:
?:\frst.exe, and press: Enter
Note: Replace the
? with the drive letter that contains the OS.
The tool starts and prepares to run. Follow the prompts.
Click
Yes to the disclaimer.
When the FRST console appears, press the
Scan button.
Let it run.
Once the scan finishes, a prompt appears stating "...the log has been saved in the same location as FRST.exe"
Close this prompt, close FRST, and close everything else, except...
Go back to the
Command Prompt.
Once again in the
Command Prompt window, at the blinking cursor type:
notepad
Press:
Enter
In Notepad, under the
File menu select:
Open
Double-click
Computer (on the left side), find the drive letter that has the Operating System, and remember what letter it is.
(See note #3)
Click on the OS drive.
In
Files of Type, select:
All files
Press:
Open
Confirm that
FRST.exe is there!
Click the
Command Prompt window again
Type the following:
?:\frst.exe, and press: Enter
Note: Replace the
? with the drive letter that contains the OS!
The tool starts and prepares to run. Follow the prompts.
Click
Yes to the disclaimer.
When the FRST console appears, press the
Scan button.
Once the scan finishes, a prompt appears stating the log has been saved in the same location as FRST.exe
Close this prompt, close FRST, and close anything else that is open.
Back at System Recovery Options, press:
ShutDown, or,
Restart.
After the computer restarts, and you are back in Windows, right-click
Start, and select:
Open Windows Explorer
Look for drive C:\, which is normally the drive that contains your Operating System (or whatever drive applies), and open it.
Look for a folder named:
FRST
Inside the
FRST folder, there are three other folders. One of them is named:
Logs
Open the
Logs folder to find the text document resulting from the scan.
It should look like:
FRST_30-01-2013_16-50-52 (reflects date and time.)
(See note #4)
Please provide the
FRST.txt in your reply.
Notes:
1. Make sure the
NumLk key is not active. If it is, you are not able to type correctly at the Command Prompt. If NumLk is active, press the
Fn key and then the
NumLk to deactivate it.
2. Once in this special mode you booted into, the drive containing the Operating System (OS) may not be C:\ (or the particular drive that has your OS)
You need to examine the drives carefully, and determine which one is the correct drive.
3. When you run FRST a second time, the drive containing the Operating System (OS) may have changed again!!!
Once again you need to examine the drives carefully, and determine which one is the correct drive.
4. In the first run, the tool places a FRST folder in the OS drive.
In the second run, it places the log in the folder.
I tried to download ComboFix again, but a window pops up and says that it contains something bad that can damage my computer and I'm afraid to download it if you get my point. What should I do?
