Can anyone help me???? My son has an old comp..it has windows 2000..I had
someone formatt his hard drive after replacing a part...after one
day..visited a site Im sure he wasnt supposed to and whatever happened(virus)
I cant find control panel or system restore..we dont have a recovery disk
either so i dont know what to do..when I turn it on all that comes up is a
ton of pop ups saying that windows found spyware adaware or a trojan..I know
that its really not windows...is there something I can download to restore
the original windows?? or maybe someone can me a link on can click on to burn
a cd with the missing files?

iF SOMEONE CANT HELP ME MAYBE SOMEONE KNOW OF OTHERS THAT MIGHT KNOW OF THIS
PROBLEM..THANKS ALL

also isnt windows ME same as windows2000




Sandi

"Babygirl" <Babygirl (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

completely different products.

So, you had somebody format the hard drive after new hardware was installed?
If so, that person must have had installation media to reinstall the
operating system after formatting the drive.

Did you have up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware installed? If so, have
you scanned the computer to see if they can rid the computer of the current
infection/infestation?

Your other option is to format the hard drive again, then reinstall the
operating system and good anti-virus and anti-malware software before
allowing the computer to be connected to the internet.

If you are not comfortable doing these things yourself, you should seek the
services of a local tech willing to stand behind her/his work.

"pvdg42" wrote:

thanks

"Babygirl" <Babygirl (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

If you don't know what files are missing and cannot obtain the install media
for the OS now installed, you are pretty much down to purchasing an OS (you
might find Windows 2000 on a site like eBay, but be careful to specify that
you need a FULL version WITH valid install key), then installing it on the
hard drive AFTER formatting.