Ok so.
I got the security tools rootkit and it ate up quite a bit of my HD, I can’t remove it and its messed around enough with my machine that I now cant run any .exe files (asks what program should it run them with).
I can’t get into safe mode because my bios is old and it doesnt pre-emptively boot up my USB slots until windows actually loads, and I cant update the BIOS because i cant run any .exe programs, msconfig command no longer works either.
Yep its a headache.
I want to just format the drive and start again, Im running windows xp media center (im on a dell), and I have the disc they sent with the computer that has the OS on it.
When I tell it to boot from disc rather than giving me the options to repair / reinstall etc it just says push a key to boot from disc, I do that and it loads windows normally.
I cant use the dell factory restore format version because of the usb problem.
Please help me this has been driving me nuts.
