Due to an unfortunate pop-up click by her boyfriend, by roomate's HP Omnibook 4150 went haywire and mad crazy with spyware, malware, virii, you name it. It was almost back to normal after extensive anti-spyware and virus cleaners ran through it, then, at the last second, some bad stuff went down.
The following registry keys were deleted in an attempt to remove an error message which was believed to be part of a virus:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="hdc"
@="IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
"Icon"="-9"
"Installer32"="SysSetup.Dll,HdcClassInstaller"
"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="hdc"
@="IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
"Icon"="-9"
"Installer32"="SysSetup.Dll,HdcClassInstaller"
"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"
1st one Named Class, type REG_SZ, data: hdc
2nd one Named Installer32, type REG_SZ, data: SysSetup.Dll, HdcClassInstaller
Because of this (I am suspecting), Windows now refuses to boot up in any fashion. Being a Windows 2000 machine, there is no built in command prompt to attempt a registry restore, and since I cannot get into windows, there is no way to cut and paste the keys from a working machine, assuming that would even work anyway.
The biggest problem: This laptop has no floppy drive, as well as the owner no longer having her Windows CDs. Perhaps with a recovery CD or a boot disk, it would be no problem, but these are not an option.
Upon any attempt at startup, normal, safe or otherwise, the computer immediately shuts down and emits a few beeps before turning completely off. Even attempting to replace the OS by upgrading to Windows XP results in the computer shutting down immediately after the initial DOS-based system scan.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for options on replacing the deleted registry keys short of obtaining another copy of windows and running the recovery program. Also, reformatting is not an option, none of the data on the computer has been saved.
Perhaps someone knows of a way to load a windows 2k recovery program via a CD that I could burn with my working computer? Or any other program that would let me get into regedit without going through windows? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
The following registry keys were deleted in an attempt to remove an error message which was believed to be part of a virus:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="hdc"
@="IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
"Icon"="-9"
"Installer32"="SysSetup.Dll,HdcClassInstaller"
"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="hdc"
@="IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
"Icon"="-9"
"Installer32"="SysSetup.Dll,HdcClassInstaller"
"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"
1st one Named Class, type REG_SZ, data: hdc
2nd one Named Installer32, type REG_SZ, data: SysSetup.Dll, HdcClassInstaller
Because of this (I am suspecting), Windows now refuses to boot up in any fashion. Being a Windows 2000 machine, there is no built in command prompt to attempt a registry restore, and since I cannot get into windows, there is no way to cut and paste the keys from a working machine, assuming that would even work anyway.
The biggest problem: This laptop has no floppy drive, as well as the owner no longer having her Windows CDs. Perhaps with a recovery CD or a boot disk, it would be no problem, but these are not an option.
Upon any attempt at startup, normal, safe or otherwise, the computer immediately shuts down and emits a few beeps before turning completely off. Even attempting to replace the OS by upgrading to Windows XP results in the computer shutting down immediately after the initial DOS-based system scan.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for options on replacing the deleted registry keys short of obtaining another copy of windows and running the recovery program. Also, reformatting is not an option, none of the data on the computer has been saved.
Perhaps someone knows of a way to load a windows 2k recovery program via a CD that I could burn with my working computer? Or any other program that would let me get into regedit without going through windows? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.