[Noyb]

If you'd backed up your Laptop with ATI ... to a data file in an External ..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200004
You wouldn't have this problem.

Just wondering if ATI would make a backup disc "Image" from the USB ..
Then you could mount this "Backup Image" as a Virtual drive ... and read it.

It's a real long shot ... But doesn't seem like anyone else has any ideas.
Besides .. You can't be a full fledged TSG member unless you have/use ATI

[Martel]

Noyb,
Thanks for the help I haven't forgotten about you, and will try that as soon as I get my malware problem solved.

[Shajahan]

You can download NTFS 4 DOS to copy files in your computer to another hard drive connected to it.

For Dos USB drivers, you may ask with somebody else.

If your malware is something like what I experienced, Read here
http://forums.techguy.org/malware-re...alware-my.html

Thanks

[Martel]

Shajahan,

Thanks for the post, the problem I am having with my laptop hard drive is different than the problem you experienced.

However, I have another computer that is giving me trouble and it is adding the global entries, I think it may be similar to the malware you had.

[mickcaine]

I am far from a computer guru, but twice knoppix has saved me. Several months back my drive letters disappeared, and the other day Win Xp would not boot on my laptop.

Knoppix is a "live cd" that allowed me both times to access the drive, burn the stuff I needed to dvd or cd, or even put it on a thumb drive. I also wiped the drive and repartitioned it with the included tools on the cd.

I even took the hard drive out of my laptop, booted up knoppix and surfed the internet.

I know there are a lot of people here that could have circumvented my problems I encountered in a heartbeat, but if you are like me and are not so tech savvy, or in a hurry Knoppix is a great way to go.

You can download it for free, or you can buy it already burned to a cd or dvd for a couple of bucks.

There is a book by O'Reilly on how do do a bunch of stuff with Knoppix, with that book and a knoppix cd you will not ever have to worry about this happening to you again.

I don't know anything else about Linux, but I can use this cd and would recommend it to anybody.

Hope that helps.
Micky