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jared31

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    HELP! cant boot my eeepc
    « on: February 28, 2009, 04:12:27 PM »
    hi all...
    i got an asus eeepc1000 a little bit ago, and i somehow got a mundo or vundo virus, which i was able to get rid of.  but i still didnt trust the computer to go to financial sites, etc. until i reformatted it.  today i tried to do that.  i have the system restore disk and and external cdrom(since the netbook doesnt have an optical drive)...the computer had been able to boot up and power down, etc.  but when i tried to tell it to boot from the cdrom by hitting f9 during startup(as asus people told me to do) it went to the black bootup screen that tells u to do safe mode, last configs, etc.  I tried all of these and all it will do is show the windows xp startup with the bar for a few seconds...then it goes to the blue screen for a split second, then back to the black screen with safe mode options. 
    Please help me...i just want to reformat it so i can get back to using it for school
    Thanks!
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    jared31

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      Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
      « Reply #1 on: February 28, 2009, 04:14:45 PM »
      also i have scanned with many different anti malware and antivirus programs and they all say the computer is clean.
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      Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
      « Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 04:15:43 PM »
      How did you reformat it ? ?
      What Windows version did you put on there.? ?
      Last i heard they wouldn't run a full ver. of XP but i have been mistaken in the past...
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      jared31

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        Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
        « Reply #3 on: February 28, 2009, 04:20:38 PM »
        sorry, let me clarify.
        asus eeepc 1000hd
        windows xp home edition ulcpc

        i was trying to boot it up so that i could reformat it...with the external cdrom.  but since it wont start up, i cannot do a system recovery
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        Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
        « Reply #4 on: February 28, 2009, 04:24:28 PM »
        If this is an external USB cd drive...configure BIOS to boot from the external USB device.
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        jared31

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          Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
          « Reply #5 on: February 28, 2009, 05:17:15 PM »
          I cant even get to the bios without it going straight to the safe mode option screen
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          Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
          « Reply #6 on: February 28, 2009, 05:23:30 PM »
          Ya you need to set it in the BIOS to run from usb
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          jared31

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            Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
            « Reply #7 on: February 28, 2009, 06:03:48 PM »
            I'm not sure how to do that.  could u please give me directions.
            i hit f2 to get to system setup...and then under boot priority i hit enter on the usb one..and then saved and exit...is there something else i should have done?
            thanks guys!
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            Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
            « Reply #8 on: February 28, 2009, 06:10:42 PM »
            The usb is set 1st above all others?
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            jared31

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              Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
              « Reply #9 on: February 28, 2009, 06:16:19 PM »
              no it is still third...i clicked enter on it and then enter again...and it didnt change it...not sure how to move it to first
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              jared31

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                Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
                « Reply #10 on: February 28, 2009, 06:19:31 PM »
                figured it out....now i feel like a complete idiot!
                thanks for the help though!
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                Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
                « Reply #11 on: February 28, 2009, 06:21:56 PM »
                Im glad you got it
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