Help! Stuck in safe mode

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:15 pm

I have a virus and I couldnt do anything about it in windows. So I decided to restart in safe mode.
But when I hit F8 it didnt work. So i just went into the msconfig and set the boot ini option to restart the comp in safe mode. Now I cant rerun msconfig in safe mode to change it back to start normally.
How in the hell can I get this thing to boot normally again??

Please help. Pretty big emergency!
I need a way to get outta safe mode....
thanks

Judg3 · Post by **Judg3** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:25 am

If your using 2k/XP/etc just open up boot.ini and delete the /SAFEBOOT switch - that should fix it for ya.

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:16 am

wish I could find it...
if I seach I come up with only the boot.ini.backup file...
where do I find boot.ini?
K I ran search again found boot.ini and this is what i had
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro" /fastdetect

and that is a normal boot.ini... windows is what is determining what happens to my system...
I need to be able to get back into msconfig, but I can't
every time I try to open any exe or msconfig it says the specified file can't be found try and use search to locate it... even if I find the file and use it...still the SAME thing...

*edit* I hate this laptop keyboard...fixed my spelling

any ideas??

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:58 am

Fu@K it....
Iam blowing XP off the comp and reinstalling it...
why do people think it's so god damn cool to make a fu@king virus in the first place...
you're not hurting Gates you pieces off sh!t... your scewing with the consumer...and that means me..
I ever meet a guy who takes credit for making a virus that caused alot of trouble, to me or anyone else I will PERSONALLY smash his face in...

god damn it...I hate reformting an 80 gig drive full of shit....

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:05 am

Wish I could help but I've never been through that.

If you have important files and another system handy, then remove that drive and have it as slave on another system and get the files from it.

There is probably a simple way to correct your problem. I'd hold out till tomorrow, someone may know. Or search google. I tried some.

I agree, virus makers are total scum.

Why can't they do things that are contructive instead.

***Try a XP repair install. It should let you do that.

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:18 am

I wish I could hold out, but it seems the virus won't let me load any exe files
luckily I made a partition on the drive for me to move my crap to in this kinda situation
so I am moving things as we speak...
ah well...it was time for a refresh anway....
I just hate it not being on MY terms....

thanks blade

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:34 am

"but it seems the virus won't let me load any exe files"

I had a similar virus, I forget the name but it corrupted every .exe I had

I remember reading that when you executed an infected exe it would start the vicious cycle over, which means not only did I have to reinstall windows, but I had to reinstall all my games and re-download all the misc files/extractors/etc I had just to be safe.

Luckily it wasn' that bad. The day someone comes out with a virus to destroy .mp3 or .avi, I'll be fubared

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:08 am

Originally posted by Hipnotic_Tranz
The day someone comes out with a virus to destroy .mp3 or .avi, I'll be fubared

The LoveLetter Virus does just that.. It killed like 500 pictures and a ton of mp3s I had.. Bastages!

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:12 pm

it's name....
Sophos.... how I loathe thee...
I am now On a FRESH install, and for some reason the DNA drivers I was using before say they are not for the display device on my system....

blah.. I'll redownload them after I get Norton2k4

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:16 pm

Originally posted by Demrok
it's name....
Sophos.... how I loathe thee...
I am now On a FRESH install, and for some reason the DNA drivers I was using before say they are not for the display device on my system....
blah.. I'll redownload them after I get Norton2k4

I don't think I would install Norton 2004 AV. That thing is nothing but bloatware at it's best. Say with 2002 or 2003.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:53 pm

I vote for NAV 2002 as well or the free AVG. Starting with NAV 2003 it's a major resource hog, and doesn't really do anything that 2002 doesn't.

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:59 pm

well your posts were too late

already installed, and what's so much different about it then 2003??
it looks and acts the same as 2003...except there's always a damn popup when I move a file over from 1 drive to another...
I do have NAV 2003... maybe I'll slap that on