Busted Win7

[Junk Parts]

Well I trashed the Win7 OS on my HP. At least I think that I did. Here is what I did to it. I have this DVD of the PET scan that I had done. I was trying to copy that disc. I couldn't copy this disc at all but I could view the content on the disc. Now my Nero, DVDFab8 and my media player are dead in the water. The disc does have and exe file that has to be run before before the PET scan can be viewed. I can't find anything installed on my system that relates to this exe file now. I uninstalled the Nero, and DVDFab8. Next I did a sytem restore to a date before I tried to copy the PET scan disc. During the restore the OS found and reinstalled the Nero, and the DVDFab8. The system does see the E drive but it still can't see a Movie DVD or copy anything at all. I did another uninstall and clean reinstall of Nero and DVDFab8. This still didn't get anything to work again. The only disc the system can see is that PET scan disc. I have about 800 megs of family photo's stored on the PC that I need to save before I can do a full factory restore from D:restore. My wife has the very same PC as mine so I set hers up to do the DVD copy work for now. I still need to fix my beloved toy PC!

[Sparkey55]

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JP, I do not know much about Win 7 but the problem could be that the exe file on the disc is a proprietory software that installs a driver in order to view the other files on the disc. Can you show us the name of the exe file?

[Sparkey55]

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You might have to restart the computer in safe mode and then look for hidden devices in the registry in order to gain access to the driver. The driver could be loading on start up of Windows 32bit drivers. If 7 is like xp then make shure you have full admin rights when you attemt this.

[Junk Parts]

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I just saved a few pics on my cameras memory card. I'm going to do the factory software restore now with a "format c:. I'm running out of hair to pull out over this one.

[Sparkey55]

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I just saved a few pics on my cameras memory card. I'm going to do the factory software restore now with a "format c:. I'm running out of hair to pull out over this one.

Do not auto-run that disc that has the pics on your pc again or you might be doing this all over the next time. Please let me know what the exe file is named; do not let your optical drive auto-run on the disc, turn off auto-run. The reason I ask is because once you know what the drive needs to see the pics you might be able to find a viewer for it. Good luck.

[Sparkey55]

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This issue sort of reminds me of StarForce drivers thou they were a real pain to get rid of even with the removal tool that the creators relunctantly released.

[Junk Parts]

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I'll find out what that exe file is by asking the Tech at the hospital. It might take a few days but I'll get you that answer. That CD isn't getting anywhere near my CD drive ever again.

[Time2Retire]

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Some exe files are actually compressed files. Others can be full of "cab" files.

Both can be opened on Linux, so that you can view and/or copy the files contained within, using gzip and cabextract.

I know, you don't use Linux.

[Junk Parts]

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I figured it out. My DVD/CD Burner is dead. It now reads nothing. Linux? No I don't use that drug.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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Linux? No i don't use that drug.

lol wtf!

[Sparkey55]

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Unrelated maybe, but some StarForce Drivers were known for killing optical drives.

[Heihachi_73]

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Some EXE files are straight-out malware, and "drivers" designed to unlock files on a standard disc format like DVD UDF fits that category perfectly. All the more reason to disable autorun on Windows.

[Mrx3750]

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Oh yeah, I always disable autorun on Windows.

[Junk Parts]

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OK Best Buy has a Hp DVD Burner at and ok price. I'm getting one after I see my Doctor today. I have a question about my old drive. Who made it? In "system" it shows up as something like "HP DVD A DH16ABLH SATA.

[Junk Parts]

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My system is all fixed now. I replaced the bad drive with and Hp dvd1260i. Everything is working as it should.

[Time2Retire]

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Linux? No I don't use that drug.

Drug? It is a tool to get things done.

But, you don't seem to mind being one of the drugged sheep that follow Windows along aimlessly. Go figure.

[Junk Parts]

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Windows 7 does everything I need it to do. Why would I need Linux on my desktop pc anyway. I use the internet and I burn DVD's. Drugged sheep? Thanks for the laugh. You must feel like a real Rebel with all your Linux usage.

[goontron]

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^ when you run servers you will understand. 12 linux and 4 BSD servers so far.

[Junk Parts]

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The fact is that I do understand, and I'm not running servers. Its one simple Desk Top pc. Linux has no place and no use here on my system at all.

[Time2Retire]

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You asked for help with a problem, one that could (and may still be) a Windows malware problem. I gave you a very safe and secure method to open your files, and you replied with an insult.

The fact still remains, Windows is an insecure operating system. The fact I choose an operating system that is one of the most secure (Linux) does not make feel like a rebel.

The malware you may have introduced into your system may only infect older hardware. It has to be more than a coincidence that your drive died when you tried to run a program from it.

I won't offer you any help in the future.