April 20th, 2018 10:00

No I cant, pressing F2 or F12 puts it into flashing invalid parameter on the screen

8 Wizard

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April 20th, 2018 10:00

What exact model?

Can you press F12 and reach BIOS options?

Can you press F12 and run ePSA Diagnostics?

Can you tell if that message is coming from BIOS-post or from Windows-boot?

9 Legend

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April 20th, 2018 11:00

You have rootkit malware.  CBUI Cloud Backup User Interface

Time to nuke and pave reinstall.

Dell is not support for  MarsAgent (Azure agent) on  Windows

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent\Temp\CBUI0Curr.errlog

3A28    6D98    02/10    15:33:46.188    75    CBEventManager.cs

%programfiles%\Microsoft Online Backup Service Agent\Temp\CBEngineCurr.errlog

Registry Hive infected here

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FsDepends

 3A28    1D64    02/08    20:09:38.374    69    CBEngineHelper.cs(303)        D5B6C15B-89D4-4FF3-B013-F43F6C62FC1B    WARNING    FMBlock: FM exception caught | Params: {OperationCode = GenericOMCall}{OperationStartTime =  PM}{FMExceptionDetail = FMException: [ErrorCode:IdRoleAccessDeniedError, DetailedCode:0, Source:None, Message:]

8 Wizard

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April 20th, 2018 12:00


@Florian_CGSwrote:
No I cant, pressing F2 or F12 puts it into flashing invalid parameter on the screen

When you don't answer ALL my questions, it makes it harder to fix because I can't formulate a good next answer or make targeted suggestions.

April 21st, 2018 01:00

Pressing F12 gets me a flashing invalid parameter screen. I can't get to windows so I think it's from the bios. I get up to the screen of the alienware logo and after that, I get the invalid parameter screen and after I get ask to reboot wirh the boot up media.

As for the model I don't know where to find that, it's an alienware area 51 with double gtx 970.

I managed to get it to read my windows dvd to install or upgrade windows. But I can't install because no partition is suitable. Should I delete or format the OS partition or shouldn't I?

I can't do a recovery because somehow it is locked and I can't put it back to factory settings because it won't let me do it.

April 21st, 2018 04:00

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No I cant, pressing F2 or F12 puts it into flashing invalid parameter on the screen

When you don't answer ALL my questions, it makes it harder to fix because I can't formulate a good next answer or make targeted suggestions.

Pressing F12 gets me a flashing invalid parameter screen. I can't get to windows so I think it's from the bios. I get up to the screen of the alienware logo and after that, I get the invalid parameter screen and after I get ask to reboot wirh the boot up media.

As for the model I, it's an alienware dell model D03X

I managed to get it to read my windows dvd to install or upgrade windows. But I can't install because no partition is suitable. Should I delete or format the OS partition or shouldn't I?

I can't do a recovery because somehow it is locked and I can't put it back to factory settings because it won't let me do it.

8 Wizard

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April 21st, 2018 12:00


@Florian_CGSwrote:

1. As for the model I don't know where to find that, it's an alienware area 51 with double gtx 970.

2. I managed to get it to read my windows dvd to install or upgrade windows.

3. But I can't install because no partition is suitable. Should I delete or format the OS partition or shouldn't I?

4. I can't do a recovery because somehow it is locked and I can't put it back to factory settings because it won't let me do it.

1. Your Invoice or online-config should show Area51-R1 or maybe it's a R2. 

2. To get rid of the Root-Kit virus (embedded in your boot-sector) , you will need to DiskPart/clean the drive to remove all partitions. Hopefully, this will remove the Root-Kit virus. Maybe do it a couple of times.

3. You install to "un-partitioned space"

4. You are way-beyond a simple Restore being an options. You will have to Nuke-and-Pave, like this:

https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-General/fixed/td-p/5627124

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