Hi all..

I have two harddiscs which is formatted in NTFS... One of them is infected by a virus so i cant use it but i have to backup the data too...

so i am using the other harddisc to run my pc.. but i cant enter the infected harddisc.. it always prompts me to "format this drive" but if i format it i will lose all the data..

so anyone can tell me what to do???

I really need the data....

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i cant find th ntfsdos... could you help me in finding??

i dont know the virus exactly but i think it is a porndialer...

Just a porndialer shouldn't be too hard to get rid of... see Malware Removal forum in Networking/Security forum.

Virus = attaches itself to other program files, spreads itself

Malware = malicious program that does not spread itself.

You can try a Linux livecd like Knoppix, it able to mount the harddisk (ntfs too), and read the content ...

But your problem isn't produced by any porndialer or malware ...

(excuse me for my language)

Thanks to everyone who helped me... the source of the problem was jumper setting...