Windows 2000 Pro - Issues.

Gamer_T · 30 Sep 2009 at 10:35

Hi guys,

My Dad has used the same laptop for ages now, stores all his work on it (documents etc).

He lent the laptop out, but when it came back it seems to be plagued with viruses.

When it starts up, before the login screen we'll get messages such as

C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\fips32cup.sys device driver could not be loaded'
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\port135sik.sys device driver could not be loaded'

Then, when I log in, it'll just stay in the blue screen and nothing else will happen.

Windows 2000 Professional.

Any ideas how I could work around a fix for this please as format isn't really an option.

Cheers

bledd · 30 Sep 2009 at 10:45

Who did he lend it to? Sounds like a bad idea..

both those files show as viruses in google

Download these iso files.

http://www.slax.org/get_slax.php
http://dlpro.antivir.com/package/rescue_system/common/en/rescue_system-common-en.iso

download imgburn to write those two images to seperate CD's

Boot from the antivir one first, and do a full virus scan

If you can't boot into Windows following that (try safemode first)

Then boot from Slax, you'll be able to get the files off, it'll load a 'live linux' os into memory (won't touch the hard drive), and you can copy the files over network or onto a usb drive using the Slax os.

These may sound complicated, but they're very easy to use

Gamer_T · 30 Sep 2009 at 11:00

Thanks for the info mate. Appreciated. Looks like it's the only option I have now as I can't imagine that the OS will boot up again.

bledd · 30 Sep 2009 at 13:13

after the scan, it might just work again, you never know

theheyes · 30 Sep 2009 at 17:43

What bledd said, but I personally would use the live CD first and try to recover the files before tackling the malware.