probably not the right place for this...but...

[Verclempt]

hi, ok...prepare to laugh and call me a dumbass, BUT...my computer stopped working all together a few days ago after visiting some 'less then reputable sites'.

MAIN REASON: it was a new system i had put together and i didnt have any spyware/adware/anti-virus *anything* on it yet.

IN THE AFTERMATH...i managed to throw some spyware programs on it and a trial version of Panda Anti-Virus, which took my virus count from around 650+ down to around 10. (yes, i managed to severly f*ck myself up)

SO NOW...i cant access anything from my desktop (say like clicking on 'my computer') i just get a windows error message, appoligizing how it cant be opened (same with IE) the desktop seems to refresh, stuff disappears, reapears and my average cpu useage hovers around 80% when nothing is on. however, i can open the windows menu and 'run' anything off my harddrive as long as i go exactly what im looking for.

i honestly have no idea what to do now...short of formatting my harddrives. and loosing my precious mp3/movie archive ive accumulated already.

if you have any suggestions, please do let me know!

even if you have no idea...thanks for reading.

 

[Scheizekopf]

Pull the data off and put it on another drive and then reformat.

Can you get into safe mode atleast?

 

[Verclempt]

it starts up fine and everything, but i just cant access any of my files like i normally would. nor the internet.

 

[Scheizekopf]

Can you get into safe mode and access the files?

If you cant then pull the drive and stick it in another system and pull the data off.

 

[Verclempt]

how do i go about reformatting? what would be the easiest way? (i suppose i can always just redownload anything i had no there before.)