Hi darth_mikey
Yes,of course, to all of these -
@Donovansrb10:
# Turn the computer on or Restart the computer
# Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Boot Options Menu appears. If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" message. To resolve this, restart the computer and try again.
# Ensure that the Safe mode option is selected (the top option)
# Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
When you're in Safe Mode follow my previous instructions.
Yes, of course, to this too. I can’t recall I ever felt the need to access the internet in Safe Mode. I do recall somewhere a discussion about it. And I agree, booting into Safe Mode is the pressing concern.
BTW, interesting infection Donovansrb10 has picked up, don't you think?
You need to select Safe Mode with Networking though i don't understand why you are even mentioning this here since we don't need internet access we just need to enter Safe Mode ..
What do jumpers have to do with entering safe mode ??!
Donovansrb10 has already posted his interesting hard disks setup in the forum. I would tackle an infection like this with only one HDD operative. That would be HDD that holds the system drive.
As it now stands, Donovansrb10 cannot boot into Safe Mode. It is common for a computer which does not have its jumpers set up correctly to halt exactly how Donovansrb10’s is saying.
It is possible and from what I recall does happen when jumpers are not correctly set for a hard disk with system drive to run the operating system from the slave drive. However, the OS is not stable in so much as it might halt. This from what I recall. In these cases, booting into Safe Mode may return an incorrect interrupt request, sufficientlly incorrect to halt the boot.