hello ,i have windows xp sp2 home edition (os),it was working fine ,2 days back i got some form of infection (virus-spyware-malware)it made my computer hell ,i couldnt remove it with any standard or known protection systems ,tried so many ,then it went worse a pop up came on my screen saying your sytem is shutting down by nt user ,so i thought i will reformat C-drive and reinstall os(winodws sp2 ) i loaded the original cd ,but when i open my computer now it beeps once ,i get inital screen of everything ,then it says windows is inspecting and configuring your hardware and i die out in a black screen and nothing happens,and without the cd its the same i die out in black screen,windows doesnt boot and i cant even get to the safe mode or logo screen,i have an old hard disk i used on the same computer its working fine ,does this mean my hard disk is the problem ?is it dead ( by the way its only 3 months since i been using it ,never had anyproblems except for this infection,has it crashed my hard disk ?any information or solutions will be helpful ,thanks in advance
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