I have been having problems with my sons netbook since he managed to get a mailware virus.
Firstly, i found out how to delete the mailware and get the thing working again. I then restored it to an earlier time (not original settings as it locked up and didn't work) However, the netbook thought there was 80G of info on it, and the folder "documents and settings" looked empty, but according to properties was 60G in size.
I decided to have another crack at restoring it to original settings using the F6 setting i read about online (its a compaq netbook). All this did was somehow corrupt the <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. file and so the [bleep] thing wouldn't start.
Again, after reading on here about burning the rc.iso file onto disk and booting up through an external dvd drive (thanks all) I thought I was getting somewhere.
Problem number 3......
At the point where you choose enter to set up XP, R to repair or F3 to quit, it doesn't matter which of the 2 options i choose, the next screen doesn't show the hard drive???
What do i do......? I'm at a complete loss and can't find any info. All pages i have read skip straight to the next bit.....
Please help....
Jamie