Hey everyone. I believe this would be post number 1 for me. LOL I had a problem with a computer at work Saturday night, and I can't figure out how to fix it (without reformatting the hard drive). Here's what happened:
I ran a spyware scan on it, which came out fine. Then I ran a defragment on it, which it needed BADLY. Once the defrag was done, I rebooted the computer. NOW it doesn't read the hard drive. It has apparently done this before right after a defrag (which I just found out this morning). I'm trying to figure out how (if there's any way) to get it rebooted so I can AT LEAST get the work folders off so it can be reformatted. I've never seen this kind of problem before.
Here's what else I can say that has crossed my mind: 1) There was a virus on the computer that couldn't be fixed. I've heard of some virii being able to spread once a computer is rebooted. I've seen the popup for over a week now (Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 4.0), and I think this MAY have something to do with it. 2) The computer is very rarely shut down anyway. I think I'm the only one who ever reboots it at all.
I'm sorry for the long post. If anyone can help me at all with this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Rick
I ran a spyware scan on it, which came out fine. Then I ran a defragment on it, which it needed BADLY. Once the defrag was done, I rebooted the computer. NOW it doesn't read the hard drive. It has apparently done this before right after a defrag (which I just found out this morning). I'm trying to figure out how (if there's any way) to get it rebooted so I can AT LEAST get the work folders off so it can be reformatted. I've never seen this kind of problem before.
Here's what else I can say that has crossed my mind: 1) There was a virus on the computer that couldn't be fixed. I've heard of some virii being able to spread once a computer is rebooted. I've seen the popup for over a week now (Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 4.0), and I think this MAY have something to do with it. 2) The computer is very rarely shut down anyway. I think I'm the only one who ever reboots it at all.
I'm sorry for the long post. If anyone can help me at all with this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Rick