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Computer won't boot from CD

Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
edited October 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
My friends computer got a virus, not it will not even boot from CD. It won't load whatever is on the cd drive. It gets a disk read error. This is all I know about it right now, what can he do to fix it? He can boot in safe mode but he does not want to format because he doesn't have another cd key to use for windows, or his cd doesn't work...one of the two.

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  • Ramen NoodleRamen Noodle whoa, god has a picture of me! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    USB drive? I'm pretty sure you can boot from them now.

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  • eternalbleternalbl Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    To fix it, run a virus scan and find out what your dealing with, then find instructions on manual removal. If you're lucky, there'll be a removal tool somewhere, but I doubt it.

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  • nerdgaymernerdgaymer Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    you may need to change the boot order in the Bios so that it boots from CD before trying to boot from the harddrive.

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