Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
If it's as infected as you say, it may be a lost cause. First question is, can it boot from a USB key? There are some linux distributions you can slot onto those and boot from them, leaving your cd/dvd burner free to use as a back up mechanism. This would allow you to mount the HDD and save whatever you wanted to off of it, like bookmarks, documents, etc. Once you've done that and burned them to optical media, you can proceed to blow away the HDD and start from scratch.
Safe mode doesn't work. Renaming the Spybot exe didn't work. Looks like drastic measures may be necessary.
I'm not sure if it can boot from a USB.
EDIT: Still not sure about the USB thing, but it does have two CD/DVD drives, so I figure that should allow for copying of files.
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Last edited by Crazed Rabbit; 12-02-2009 at 21:54.
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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