Looking for diagnostic programs that are bootable.

[mallik]

I get an error on boot up and can't get into XP anymore. I need program(s) that can clean everything up (anti-virus, spyware, etc..) after booting off a CD. Any recommendations?

[willy]

How about 'repair install' WinXP and start from there ?

[goofball]

helps to know the error.

[mallik]

How about 'repair install' WinXP and start from there ?

I would like to do that as a last resort. If I did do it though, would all of my programs and settings remain intact or is it like a fresh new install of windows?

helps to know the error.

Sorry about that. When my computer is starting up, I get to the windows welcome screen and then I get a message that says 'Insufficient resources exist to complete API' the only option I have is to press OK and when I do the computer reboots and the cycle repeats itself. I did a search on this error and it seems it's caused by a virus, so I wanted to clean my computer of it and any other crap that might be there.

[ngp]

Do you get the same message if you try to boot to safe mode?

[jollyeskimo]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Bit of a learning curve, but it's got a lot of nice utils packed into one dics.

[mallik]

Do you get the same message if you try to boot to safe mode?

I can get into safe mode, but there's not much I can do in there.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Bit of a learning curve, but it's got a lot of nice utils packed into one dics.

That looks interesting, but does it have anti-spyware?

[mingyang]

best bet is to format...... trying to fix will take 23920902 hours

[ngp]

I can get into safe mode, but there's not much I can do in there.



That looks interesting, but does it have anti-spyware?

Run adaware in safe mode.

[mallik]

I tried to go into safe mode and now I can't get in that way. I get a blue screen error. I also tried booting up regularly thinking maybe it might work now, but I get the 'Insufficient resources exist to complete API' error which I also noticed it says lsass.exe with the error.

[magical]

reinstalling windows over a virii'd or non working one is a temporary fix, it will generally never fix anything.. your best bet is to back up your important stuff to a hard drive or another computer and reformat/reinstall, this way you are certain to fix the problem ....