I think I've got it figured out, but thanks for the input. I believe it was a USB issue. This was an old laptop that didn't have high speed USB....
2nd HDD was a new Scorpio 320 from WD and formatted in the laptop with the original OS discs from Dell. OS was up to date...but i have not put any...
If it's the motherboard that's fine. I have extensive experience tearing down and building back up laptops. It's surprising what skills you...
If the second hard drive had not gone and done the same thing I would have been satisfied and reformatted the one that's buggy...but having it go...
What I haven't done is download a completely different driver. I have uninstalled it and of course it reinstalls when you restart. I have also...
I'm playing with a minor annoyance...laptop mouse buttons don't work properly, but sporadically. The machine starts up okay and all is nice, then...
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Warning! Open can of worms alert!
The best advice? Do what BSAM suggests, download and run Microsoft Security Essentials. Then reformat your hard drive. I have very little...
Do you already have a virus or suspect you do? Or are you looking to prevent infection?
I wouldn't worry too much about them. They often require physical access or in the case of Mebromi target specific anti-virus software loaded...
Glad I could help.
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Did you try 4chan? I found one on there, I'll send you the link in a PM. How about Hack Forums?
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