when turning on the machine, try going into BIOS mode by pressing down on the DELETE or ENTER key (depends on the motherboard) and get the BIOS screen. If you have a Live CD (which boots a mini OS on RAM), in the BIOS choose the CD/DVD to be the first place the computer look for an OS. Exit BIOS mode. The computer will look for an OS CD/DVD. When the LIVE CD OS is installed, transfer all your files you have worked on to a USB. Some Live CD carry some anti-malware and anti-virus programs.
I avoid such virus problems by using 3 products:
1- Deep Freeze.
2- Sandboxie.
3- Avira (something like AVS)
Trying it now.
Thank you. I will keep you posted :)
Sandboxie is a neat program. I have used it for years.
However, several of the new releases of ‘free for home use’ anti-virus have built-in sandboxes, which create conflicts. I just recently had to backtrack from Avast! 6 to 5. Ver 6 has added a sandbox which interferes with Sandboxie, even when the Avast! sandbox is turned off. I just hope Avast! continues to support ver 5, because, between the two, I’ll toss out Avast before I’ll toss out Sandboxie.
I held down the DELETE key when restarting, and it
took me to “Windows Boot Manager”. It only gives
me one choice for an operating system to start: Microsoft Windows Vista.
There is also a Windows Memory Diagnostic option there.
I ran that, but PC still will not boot properly.
I’m still trying to figure out how to reach the BIOS screen.
Any other suggestions? Thank you :)