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    How to get to get to boot screen or even f8?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by fatlardo, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. fatlardo

    fatlardo Notebook Consultant

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    So my gf double clicked the fake ups tracking virus on my late macbook air that has dual boot using boot camp. On windows 7 is where she clicked it. Now it wont even boot up to the windows screen. I tried to go into safe mode by pressing f8, it wont go any where. Its just stuck on all black screen with just "_" the underscore. I can get into my mac side by using my usb recovery boot by pressing c. I tried to remove the virus from the mac side, but when I click the windows drive, it won't open any files so I can remove. Any help please?
     
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    Download DrWeb's BootUSB and put it on your USB.
     
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    How do I get it to boot off the usb drive?
     
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    If you've mounted it via their instructions you can enter your computer BIOS (usually hitting F2 while starting up) and change the boot order so that it boots from USB.
     
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