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Yea, I'm pretty sure I can use a cd drive with it but the problem is I don't have an OS disk.

This totally sucks. So im pretty much screwed? What would be the best way to go about this then? Should I purchase a new netbook or laptop that comes with a restore cd for future assurance and transfer everything over? Or would it just be cheaper and easier to get a new hard drive and purchase a new OS? Thanks for trying to help.

Well if it makes a difference this isn't a laptop. It's a Netbook. I don't think most netbooks come with cd drives. It's an EEE PC1000HD. just noticed on the bottom of it there is a sticker that has the product key and says proof of licens. That won't be much help will it?

Oh, I don't have the original windows OS. this netbook which I bought brand new from best buy didn't come with cd's or anything. Manual doesn't say anything about it either. More concerned about the data but I would really hate to lose the hard drive. I know I can probably pull out all my files but that would be very time consuming. I don't think the infects hard drive will work in the desktop since the desktop is much older but I will try it. Or should I even bother if I don't have the original OS?

Maybe I can use a cd drive from an old desk top I got. I can prolly use that sat to USB cable since it has a few different adapters. Only thing is if I do that, I will only have access to one thing at a time. Either infected hard drive or cd drive. Will that work? Or do I need to use both at the same time? I'll go out and buy a cd drive or another USB adapter If its needed. I really don't want to lose my hard drive! What do you think?

I have tried TDSSKiller with no luck. But ill try again after scan completes. Correct. MBAM finshed its scan and cleared up a lot of stuff. I took the hard drive and plugged it back into its original netbook, started it, and still stuck. When I hit power, it instantly goes to a black screen with an underscore flashing and does not do anything else. When I take the infected HD and plug it into the working netbook, I still have bitdefender pop ups saying they have blocked Rootkit.tdss.aw

Yes I do. Let it run earlier and it cleared a bunch of stuff. But problem is still there. I have it scanning again but its more then half way done with zero issues.

I read all that before posting but thats where I get confused. Since the infected hard drive is out of the netbook and I am using a cable to plug it into a working netboook, how am I supose to run programs on the infected hard drive? I downloaded gooredfix and moved it over to the infected hard drive but when I click it to run, it scans the working netbook and not the infected hard drive. How can I make it so it scans the bad hard drive?

yes I can access it. yes I can copy files to it. and no, I do not have an xp os cd. This netbook I bought didnt come with any cd's. Doesnt have a cd drive anyways.

First, I would like to apologize if this is the wrong section to post. I read the stickies but they say to install certain programs on the infected computer and run them but I can not get access into it. well. I think my netbook is done unless someone here can help. Its an eee pc 1000hd running XP(thats all I know about it lol) Ill start from the beginning. I made a very dumb decision by clicking on a link without knowing what it was. A few min later Bitdefender out of no where pops up a message saying something is wrong with the antivirus and I need to reboot. I shut down my netbook for a few min to cool down since it was getting hot anyways and when I hit the power button nothing happened. It goes to a black screen with an underscore flashing. looks like this _ and it just sits there and flashes and wont boot. So I removed the hard drive and used one of those sat usb cables to hook it into a borrowed netbook to try and scan it with a different antivirus. I am currently typing this on the borrowed netbook and it has a bitdefender trial but scans to drive D and E (which are what pop up once the bad HD is plugged into the borrowed netbook) come up with ZERO infected files. Weird thing is that the second I plug the bad HD into this netbook bitdefender has a pop up saying it has blocked 2 possible trojan/virus Rootkit.Tdss.AW accessed by mbamswissarmy.sys on both E: and D: locations. Im completely lost on this as multiple virus scans come up empty. Does anyone have an idea on what I could try to fix it? I know a little bit about computers but not enough to fix this my self. I am a fast learner though so I will try my hardest to follow any directions/advice exactly as given. If Malwarebytes Anti Malware can completely cure my problem I will not hesitate to purchase a full license. I have a lot of flies/pictures I do not want to lose and a huge music collection I have spent some time building. Also has some programs I purchased that I would not like to purchase again if I dont have to. So, If theres anyone that has any suggestions I would LOVE to hear them. Thanks in advance.