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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: jared31 on February 28, 2009, 04:12:27 PM

Title: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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!

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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.

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: patio 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...

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: Glitch 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.

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: computeruler on February 28, 2009, 05:23:30 PM

Ya you need to set it in the BIOS to run from usb

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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!

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: computeruler on February 28, 2009, 06:10:42 PM

The usb is set 1st above all others?

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 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

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: jared31 on February 28, 2009, 06:19:31 PM

figured it out....now i feel like a complete idiot!
thanks for the help though!

Title: Re: HELP! cant boot my eeepc
Post by: computeruler on February 28, 2009, 06:21:56 PM

Im glad you got it