Stubborn SMART HDD

[SamPD]

I would like SOMEWAY to fix this dastardly fiend.
Help would be nice.

 

[malwarekiller]

Hi lets try this

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<li> Press the Windows <>Start button</> and <>right click anywhere on the Start Menu</> , then select <>Properties</>.
<img title="Select Properties in the Taskbar Menu" src="http://malwaretips.com/images/removalguide/menu1.png" alt="[Image: taskbarmenu1.png]" width="315" height="300" border="0" /></li>
<li>In the <em>Taskbar and Start menu Properties</em> window select <>Customize</> and then in the <em>Customize Start Menu</em> window select the buttons that you want to be displayed on your menu by choosing '<em>Display as link</em> or <em>Display as menu</em>' as you wish.
<img title="Select Display as link to revert the SmartHDD changes" src="http://malwaretips.com/images/removalguide/menu2.png" alt="[Image: taskbarmenu2.png]" width="614" height="353" border="0" /></li></ol>

NEXT

Download OTL to your Desktop

• Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
• Select All Users
• Under the Custom Scan box paste this in
  netsvcs
  %SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.exe
  /md5start
  consrv.dll
  explorer.exe
  winlogon.exe
  Userinit.exe
  svchost.exe
  /md5stop
  C:\Windows\assembly\tmp\U\*.* /s
  %Temp%\smtmp\1\*.*
  %Temp%\smtmp\2\*.*
  %Temp%\smtmp\3\*.*
  %Temp%\smtmp\4\*.*
  >C:\commands.txt echo list vol /raw /hide /c
  /wait
  >C:\DiskReport.txt diskpart /s C:\commands.txt /raw /hide /c
  /wait
  type c:\diskreport.txt /c
  /wait
  erase c:\commands.txt /hide /c
  /wait
  erase c:\diskreport.txt /hide /c
  
  CREATERESTOREPOINT
  
• Click the Quick Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
  • When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
  • Post both logs