Virus damage

Emil · #1 07-16-2007, 07:57 AM

I had a dual system, W98se & W2K Pro, and I was running W2k Pro when surfing the internet and all of a sudden hy HDD start to cycle with scratchy noise.
So I shut it down and disconnect from the net before reboot. After reboot I run AV,antiSpyware, antiSpam but the HDD cycling with scratchy noise did not stop and after running the computer for a while truing to find the virus it finally was unable to reboot the PC hangs but HDD keep recycling. I tried to clean with killdisk, but it does not see the disk but HDD keep recycling with scratchy noise.
Does anyone beside the bad guy know what virus cause this.
I like to send this HDD to some expert to research the problem.
Thanks

Zorro · #2 07-16-2007, 09:57 PM

Im not quite sure what you mean by "scratchy" noise, but it dosent sound like a virus problem it sounds more like your hard drive it damaged/faulty.

Your could run some diagnostic software on your hard driver which you can normally download from your hard drive manufacturers website.

Ferret · #3 07-16-2007, 11:33 PM

I would agree it sound as if the drive is failing.

try using this http://www.altrixsoft.com/
Hard drive Inspector ... normally a 30 day trial free.