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guys ive had this virus for a while now. IT seems to be a recurring issue. I got it a month ago and didnt pay much attention to it, since MBAM didnt detect anything. It later blocked some of my commonly used Internet Ports. I installed Norton and it deleted many tracking cookies, after which my...

Ben, thanks for help. I found out what the problem was: I had to disable AHCI controller in bios. So my SATA drivers are intact, I was able to install clean windows, althought I havent checked if the virus is still present. What is AHCI? Anything else I should do?

i have a usb hdd, do i still need to get a usb flash drive? and how would i turn it into a bootable floopy?

Manufacturer is Compal. Model of laptop is FL-92, on their site its listed as jft-92 i think. On their download site they dont have SATA drivers... atleast i didnt find any. Dban gives me a non-fatal error, which, i found, is most likely caused by no SATA drivers.

im going to try DBAn tommorow. Will it load from the cd right away, as if it was a winxp or a recovery cd? and will it still load without system dettecting HDD?

The recovery cd, after loading recovery console, tells me samething, "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed" How would i load drivers from a CD if I cant even get into recovery console, and no floppy drive on a laptop?

Can I install Windows on a USB HDD or Flash Drive? I know it wasnt possible not too long ago.

I dont have the SATA option in bios, I will try DBAN tommorow, considering it will let me nuke without logging into windows. Is there any other way i can install proper SATA drivers? I have a recovery cd that came with laptop.

I got a nasty virus that downloaded all kinds of infections everytime i got on the net. I tried removing it, but now i get a bluecreen during windows logo, and laptop restarts. I tried formatting my HDD but WIN XP cd doesnt load after a reboot and goes straight into Windows and crashes. I...