So my computer is extremely messed up right now. I currently have windows xp sp3 installed but I have some serious issues. I had vista originally installed on my Acer 6930, but like many vista users I wanted something different and didn’t want the expense of Win7. So I installed XP on a new partition and since then my computer has gone down hill drastically. At this point, I can’t open a lot of programs and files.. I click on them and nothing happens. I also can’t access task manager and other vital system resources.
What I’m thinking is that I definitely have some serious virus issues (kaspersky/avg have fixed nothing even after several scans and repairs) and probably some other problems as well. I have 3 hard drives in my laptop, C (140 gigs, where original vista was installed), D (120 gigs, mostly music) and the new partition H (20 gigs with XP on it). When I installed XP I wiped D completely clean, but didn’t do this to C because it had a lot of important files/programs.
I attempted to format C: and remove everything from it. I get the following error message “You do not have sufficient rights”. If I try to do this in safe mode, it tells me I’m unable to format because it is open or a program is using it or something like that. So after that I tried to just re-install XP, but now when I load it from the dvd drive, it begins installation then tells me I have a virus and it can’t complete the operation.
So please anyone help!
Acer 6930 laptop. Windows XP SP3 currently and Vista Premium before that.