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Okay i could be fucked i need some info
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
I have a dual boot on my laptops system, WinME and SuSE 8.1, i also have 7GB's of stuff that needs saving and i have justed purchased a firewire CD RW for writing everything to it. Problem is, while waiting for the firewire card i rebooted the machine and a warning came up saying i was in breach of the DMCA (which i was, its my fault yeah i know). Anyway lucky me is outside the US but i am not taking chances, some fucker took me out over the net. helpfully the warning sugests i go to www.bsa.org for info, well i *would* if my system would boot.
Anyway, i cannot access my system anymore, not even if i boot up SuSE, it seems the MBR or something has been wiped and now i have a HD full of everything that i need, this has EVERYTHING, college work, mp3's, TV shows downloaded off the net and other stuff.
Now i am most concerned about the shit i need back from the drive and trust me Void Main i'm not touching another MS OS again, its totally linux now, the MS OS cannot be trusted, i wasn't even surfing, i was on kazaa lite!
Anyway i have ordered a cable from a supplier that will allow me to fit the Laptop HD into another system (my gf's pc) so that i can get my data and copy it across and thus back it up.
Anybody see any problems with this?
If i use my legit copy of win98, it asks if i want this data removed, the installer is detecting another non DOS os and i am hopefull about this, anyway the installer won't install when i select "don't remove data", i think the cd is buggered personally because of its age.
Anyway should i have problems with it when connected up as slave on my other system, can i copy everything across? I also have Drive Image 4 if thats any use.
Suggestions? Yes i am a bad boy and should be spanked but i *was* going to get rid of winME once the firewire card arrived.
More importantly i don't want to lose my college work.
rtgwbmsr:
Sorry to have to be the one to say it, but you are fucked, that message is one of a virus.
More information:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99924.htm
Be very fucking cautious when copying the files over, or you'll just spread it to the other PC.
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
if i could get linux running then i could delete it from linux. However my GF's pc is also dual boot so what can i do. I take it my data is possibly safe then?
rtgwbmsr:
Get Knoppix on a CD, and boot your laptop. If I am not mistaken, you can burn from Knoppix. Search for the offending (infected) file, and get rid of it. Then, burn your shtuff to CD from Knoppix.
-OR-
You could just copy the files over to your GF's PC, but the virus may spread. You should copy, burn your stuff, and delete everything all in on session in Linux.
After you back up everything, you need to:
1) Clear your CMOS (If you want more info, I need to know what kind of laptop you have)
2) Do a reformat, and reinstall your OS.
-BY THE WAY-
Don't be suprised if the hard drive is blank. The virus may have erased the hard drive. The only way to know is Knoppix or hooking the HD up to another comp...
quote: Yes i am a bad boy and should be spanked
--- End quote ---
I'm sure your GF would take care of that if it was necessary ;)
[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]
preacher:
quote:Originally posted by Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
I have a dual boot on my laptops system, WinME and SuSE 8.1, i also have 7GB's of stuff that needs saving and i have justed purchased a firewire CD RW for writing everything to it. Problem is, while waiting for the firewire card i rebooted the machine and a warning came up saying i was in breach of the DMCA (which i was, its my fault yeah i know). Anyway lucky me is outside the US but i am not taking chances, some fucker took me out over the net. helpfully the warning sugests i go to www.bsa.org for info, well i *would* if my system would boot.
Anyway, i cannot access my system anymore, not even if i boot up SuSE, it seems the MBR or something has been wiped and now i have a HD full of everything that i need, this has EVERYTHING, college work, mp3's, TV shows downloaded off the net and other stuff.
Now i am most concerned about the shit i need back from the drive and trust me Void Main i'm not touching another MS OS again, its totally linux now, the MS OS cannot be trusted, i wasn't even surfing, i was on kazaa lite!
Anyway i have ordered a cable from a supplier that will allow me to fit the Laptop HD into another system (my gf's pc) so that i can get my data and copy it across and thus back it up.
Anybody see any problems with this?
If i use my legit copy of win98, it asks if i want this data removed, the installer is detecting another non DOS os and i am hopefull about this, anyway the installer won't install when i select "don't remove data", i think the cd is buggered personally because of its age.
Anyway should i have problems with it when connected up as slave on my other system, can i copy everything across? I also have Drive Image 4 if thats any use.
Suggestions? Yes i am a bad boy and should be spanked but i *was* going to get rid of winME once the firewire card arrived.
More importantly i don't want to lose my college work.
--- End quote ---
This is the funniest thing Ive read in a long time. Looks like the virus writers have a good sense of humor. The stuff about the DMCA, and the fact that you fell for it is hilarious(no offense). Im gonna spread this around a bit. It will give my friends a few laughs.
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