Note: For all those who are not able to correct this problem, after following the above procedure can use a tool called Ravmon Virus Killer designed by Muhammad Abdullah, download it from here. Technorati Tags: virus,drive-not-opening,folder-option-disabled,autorun.inf If you find the above procedure difficult, the use: Scan and Remove Suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ with Autorun EaterĪlso see : Autorun File Problems and Solutions by TroubleFixers Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. On this command prompt window type the following steps.ĥ. Open Start>Run and type cmd and press enter. You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.įollow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.infġ. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.īut don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily. Now that we’re sporting a large-file-friendly flash drive it’s time to transfer a large file and. Click Start to format the drive with a new file system. Leave the Allocation unit size at the default of 4096 bytes. This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. In the Format menu, as seen above, change the file system from FAT32 to NTFS. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive>explore in M y computer ,the drive does not open.

Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk.

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