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    Satellite M55-S135 BSOD in safe mode.

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by letstryscience, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. letstryscience

    letstryscience Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Satellite M55-S135. I got some nasty spyware recently. Ive run Malwarebytes' as well as Spybot in an attempt to clean up my system.
    I can start windows fine but if I try to start in safe mode it BSOD. I also get BSOD when running Spybot when its around definition 300,000. I have cleaned spyware off of computers dozens of times but this has me stumped.
    I'm considering just wiping my HD and reinstalling windows. The system has never been rebuilt since it was purchased and I feel like it would be the fastest solution.

    Are these the correct drivers I would need to do a wipe and reinstall?
    http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...r=M55-S135&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663

    I apologize if this is somewhat garbled. I am a bit scatterbrained after spending 3 hours trying to fix this thing. If I need to provide any additional information please ask.
    Thank you.
     
    letstryscience, Oct 28, 2009
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    First make sure you backup all of your files.

    Then clean install, or maybe try the recovery partition.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 29, 2009
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    I already started to move files over to my portable drive. I was not aware that there was a recovery partition on the M55. Even so I think I will wipe it so I can upgrade from Home to Professional. On my primary machine I have a system backup in case this happen.
     
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    moral hazard, Oct 29, 2009
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