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JaxxHunter

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    Secondary hard drive
    « on: October 29, 2016, 08:00:43 AM »
    I have a laptop with 2 hard drive ports, it's own hard drive, and another hard drive from a dead CPU. Both drives fit in the laptop, but the native hard drive is loaded with Malware! I was using Safe Mode with Networking & tried running Malwarebytes on one drive, and it let me scan & clean both drives. So i know this is possible, and i'm looking for a solutionWhen the screen's full size was smaller than usual, i looked up a solution.

    It said i had Malware & to download Spyhunter (which i didn't know was a paid program). It scanned the CPU and found a MASS amount of Malware, one of them blocking Malwarebytes from working. Then i was lead into MWB Chameleon, which is supposed to remove MWB blocking Malware. It said to click all the links until one works, but none of them did.

    After that, i found a thread linking me to a multitude of removal programs, and that actually worked! ...for a few weeks. After that, i opened the FRST folder (a program i was told to install), and the hard drive crashed completely! Even when i try Safe mode, a Blue screen flashes with a small bit of text & restarts, with no end. I'm afraid it will destroy the other hard drive if i plug them both into the same laptop.
    Can anyone help me through removing Malware off the main drive?

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    Re: Secondary hard drive
    « Reply #1 on: October 29, 2016, 12:38:37 PM »
    BSOD's are usually caused by a hardware problem such as a defective HD or RAM. You may or may not be able to run some tests using these tools.

    Run hard drive diagnostics: tacktech.com
    Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
    Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
    If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: imgburn to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.
    For Toshiba hard drives, see here:

    Note : If you do not know how to set your computer to boot from CD follow the steps here
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    That could be a problem with bad RAM. Please run this check just to eliminate that possibility.
    Test your RAM here.
    Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's

    JaxxHunter

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      Re: Secondary hard drive
      « Reply #2 on: October 29, 2016, 01:44:46 PM »
      BSOD's are usually caused by a hardware problem such as a defective HD or RAM. You may or may not be able to run some tests using these tools.

      Run hard drive diagnostics: tacktech.com
      Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
      Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
      If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: imgburn to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.
      For Toshiba hard drives, see here:

      Note : If you do not know how to set your computer to boot from CD follow the steps here
      **********************************************
      That could be a problem with bad RAM. Please run this check just to eliminate that possibility.
      Test your RAM here.
      First off, what am i doing exactly & how does it help me?
      Second, which drive to i do it on?

      Also, it's not RAM, cause the other drive works fine in this computer.
      « Last Edit: October 29, 2016, 02:30:41 PM by JaxxHunter »

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      Re: Secondary hard drive
      « Reply #3 on: October 30, 2016, 11:45:31 AM »
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      First off, what am i doing exactly & how does it help me?
      Second, which drive to i do it on?
      You should run a scan on the hard drive that's giving you the problem to make sure if it is healthy or not.
      Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's