Erm i have a problem here,my Acer Aspire E500 can't reformat,as in when it startup,i pressed ALT +F10,then type the password,then through factory default,then after that it started destroying the partition,but on the exact percentage,86%,it will cancel,and reboot it,then after that i can't even get to windows,then i repeat the steps for the restoring factory settings for my computer,then found out that the bootsector wrotes that it contains VIRUS.
Basically,what I'm trying to say is,the factory recovery has a virus on it and doesn't allow me to reformat it.
So when i cancel everything,then it reboots again,but then can't go to windows,just gave me lots of codes...
Any solutions?Any help will be appreciate,thank you!Bootsector viri are extremely rare and pretty much no longer exist...
Also the chances of your Recovery partition getting infected are about as slim.
You need to either explain the circumstances of getting infected and/or borrrow a legit XP CD to facilitate a clean install...What do you mean by no longer exist?You mean my machine is old?Where can I get a legit XP CD?I didn't mention anything about your machine being old at all...
What i meant to say was that whoever planted the IDEA that you have a bootsctor virus is talking about something that's about 20 years old and rarely is seen these days...
As far as getting a Windows CD any PC shop will have them...or if you are a Student they can be had at the school bookstore for a substantial discount...Hey!I found a solution,just to share with you,my computer was running 512MB of RAM at default,before the problem happens,I brought 2GB of RAM(each 1GB on each socket).
But few days LATER,problem came,then all I did was,remove one of the 1GB ram and run the recovery.
Then it worked.Well,THANKS for your help Sir,I appreciate it.
Have a nice day!