i cant access any partition of my hard drive?

Question

when i try to open a drive through my computer an error appears saying"c:\resycled\boot.com is no a valid win 32 application.
And when i right click on any drive icon,in the drop down menu auto-play option is also coming.
i can open only through windows explorer but this opens in a new window.
And i am sure it is not a virus problem because i scanned my computer with avg anti-virus also.
I hav tried the tweaks available in folder options also

Answer 1

Hi there, I am an IT technician & came across this worm today whilst assisting someone with an infected WinXP system.

Before attempting any extensive technical troubleshooting on your system you must be fully competent in those fields before attempting any of the following instructions; I accept no liability for any negative outcome.

OK, here's what I did to resolve this issue:



Firstly DO NOT Double click any of the drive Icons you wish to access, instead use "Explore" (Windows Key + E).....

I make an assumption that you have already done a virus / malware / trojan scan using up-to date tool of your choice, if you haven't, you should



1) Un-hide hidden & system files/folders & operating system files.



2) Right click each drive you need to access & click explore (drive should still be accessible (Windows Key + E)).



3) Shift+Delete the folder with the name "resycled" in it (note the typo "resycled") this will contain a file named "boot.com", click yes to any warning & allow delete



4) Shift+Delete the "autorun.inf" file from the root of each drive



5) run regedit & do a search (CTRL+F) for boot.com



***THE NEXT BIT IS VERY IMPORTANT SO PAY ATTENTION***



6) ONLY DELETE VALUES FROM THE RIGHT HAND PANE THAT CONTAIN THE VALUE "boot.com" & that are located in the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2" categories on the left...you will find about a dozen or so....



7) Don't forget to check you USB / Removable drive for infection...

****THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING IS ALSO IMPORTANT****:

If your USB / Removable drive is infected DO NOT double click the drive icon to access it as this will re-deploy boot.com & re-infect the system...instead "Explore" the drive until you have followed steps

1 to 4 above for all of your external drives



8) Re-boot your system; after which your drives should now be accessible & normal operation should be resumed



This is exactly how I dealt with this issue...I am not aware of how the system got infected with this in the first place but i guess the user unknowingly extracted something that also extracted this nasty in the background.



I hope this information assisted in resolving your issue.

Kind regards

Answer 2

Perhaps the partition manager you're using was incorrectly configured or messed up somewhere, perhaps you should google for a tutorial next time on that program and maybe also compare programs. @cheerful True, but in today's modern age, useless information. Anything after windows XP can read both ntfs and fat/fat32, I seriously doubt this question opener is using win2k or earlier.

Answer 3

Dude its a virus...Try Kaspersky Ver. 7.0...you'll have to get rid of it ASAP otherwise ur system will be Restin In Peace..Try to install kasper if u can't go to a techi have have him take a look at it...Good Luck...

Answer 4

sounds as though it could be having issues reading from the hard drive - run CHKDSK /F from the DOS shell - if you cant do this then you'll need to boot from your Windows CD and select the recovery console and run CHKDSK /R from here