hi all...
i got an asus eeepc1000 a little bit ago, and i somehow got a MUNDO or vundo virus, which i was ABLE to get rid of. but i still didnt trust the computer to go to financial sites, etc. until i reformatted it. today i tried to do that. i have the system restore disk and and external cdrom(since the netbook doesnt have an optical drive)...the computer had been able to boot up and power down, etc. but when i tried to tell it to boot from the cdrom by hitting f9 during startup(as asus people told me to do) it went to the black bootup screen that tells u to do safe mode, last configs, etc. I tried all of these and all it will do is show the windows xp startup with the bar for a few seconds...then it goes to the blue screen for a split second, then back to the black screen with safe mode options.
Please help me...i just want to reformat it so i can get back to using it for school
Thanks!also i have scanned with many different anti malware and antivirus programs and they all say the computer is clean.How did you reformat it ? ?
What Windows version did you put on there.? ?
Last i heard they wouldn't run a full ver. of XP but i have been mistaken in the past...sorry, LET me clarify.
asus eeepc 1000hd
windows xp home edition ulcpc

i was trying to boot it up so that i could reformat it...with the external cdrom. but since it wont start up, i cannot do a system recoveryIf this is an external USB cd drive...configure BIOS to boot from the external USB device.I cant even get to the bios without it going straight to the safe mode option screenYa you need to set it in the BIOS to run from usbI'm not sure how to do that. could u please give me directions.
i hit f2 to get to system setup...and then under boot priority i hit enter on the usb one..and then saved and exit...is there something else i should have DONE?
thanks guys!The usb is set 1st above all others?no it is still third...i clicked enter on it and then enter again...and it didnt change it...not sure how to move it to firstfigured it out....now i feel like a complete idiot!
thanks for the help though!Im glad you got it