XP locks up at user screen

[Glen]

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When I boot up Xp it gets to the user screen where I select a user to sign
into XP with, then displays a Dell logo and locks up. I believe I have a
virus, but can't figure out how to boot up to a dos prompt so I can Fdisk the
drive and reinstall the software. When I hit F8 on startup doing to a dos
prompt is not one of the options. Is there another way to get the system to
boot up (don't have an emergency disk) to reformat the drive ? Or a better
way to try to get rid of the virus ?

 

[Guest]

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Boot to Safe Mode and run your anti-virus scanner.

"Glen" <Glen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:820E4E03-4673-4D84-BC38-2247D3B4B7F4@microsoft.com...
> When I boot up Xp it gets to the user screen where I select a user to sign
> into XP with, then displays a Dell logo and locks up. I believe I have a
> virus, but can't figure out how to boot up to a dos prompt so I can Fdisk
the
> drive and reinstall the software. When I hit F8 on startup doing to a dos
> prompt is not one of the options. Is there another way to get the system
to
> boot up (don't have an emergency disk) to reformat the drive ? Or a
better
> way to try to get rid of the virus ?

 

[Glen]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

I can't when I try to go to Safe Mode, it locks up when I click on one of the
user names.

"Kevin" wrote:

> Boot to Safe Mode and run your anti-virus scanner.
>
> "Glen" <Glen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:820E4E03-4673-4D84-BC38-2247D3B4B7F4@microsoft.com...
> > When I boot up Xp it gets to the user screen where I select a user to sign
> > into XP with, then displays a Dell logo and locks up. I believe I have a
> > virus, but can't figure out how to boot up to a dos prompt so I can Fdisk
> the
> > drive and reinstall the software. When I hit F8 on startup doing to a dos
> > prompt is not one of the options. Is there another way to get the system
> to
> > boot up (don't have an emergency disk) to reformat the drive ? Or a
> better
> > way to try to get rid of the virus ?
>
>
>