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sounds to me like a dying hard drive. maybe that file you suspect is a virus is actually ntoskrnl.exe which is a system file. either way, i would probably try to slave it off and just copy data. if you are really worried at least make sure you have the virus scan on your other system updated.

If it is a bad drive, hopefully you can pull stuff off it. I wouldnt keep trying to turn it on before you slave it, that can decrease your chances of pulling data.