0x7b after rootkit removal

[xxsilk109xx]

yes the drive acts normal when I slave it, but when I try to boot to it, it doesnt work. I opened up a partition manager from hirens and it shows 0 bytes of data on the mbr block, but shows the mbr block there. Just no data it seems..

 

[xxsilk109xx]

OK - Here is what I got, after toying around with different partition programs from the hirens disk. I was able to restart the computer and boot to last known good configuration. I am going to try do fixboot, fixmbr, etc. and hopefully it works.

I will be back soon to advise! Thanks for the tips, it seems we are getting somewhere now@!

 

[dronzer]

from hiren disc best option for mbr is 'bootice' it always works for me

 

[xxsilk109xx]

Ok if this makes any sense.....I can boot into windows every time now without a problem, but when I try to use the windows recovery console from the disk, it still doesnt see my hard drive LMFAO.

I guess its fixed in the sense that it will boot to windows, but I am unsure how to make sure that its not going to happen again.

 

[dronzer]

^ use bootice for proper restoretion of mbr and boot config

 

[xxsilk109xx]

i will look for bootice and see if I can find it...will advise

 

[xxsilk109xx]

I see Bootice, it tells me that the current MBR type is unknown

Which one do I choose to restore it with?

 

[dronzer]

you make sure that you are runing bootice from live system and not from cd.
in bootice go to 'process mbr' -> select 'windows nt 5.x mbr' -> press 'install/config'
it should work

 

[xxsilk109xx]

i tried that and can still boot into windows, however recovery console still gives me the blue screen....

Hopefully I can run some sfc /scannow and maybe chkdsk to clear it up.

 

[dronzer]

ok i forgot to tell you check the 'process pbr' and check the status and restore it

 

[xxsilk109xx]

ok i forgot to tell you check the 'process pbr' and check the status and restore it

I checked it and it looked normal, it was set at ntfs i think.

 

[Vicenarian]

Just a random guess,

What is the SATA mode set as in the BIOS?

 

[MobileTechie]

Sometimes recovery console wants the mass storage drivers adding at F6 prompt.