The rootkit shut you down. Bah!
These are links to Anti-virus vendors that offer free LiveCD or Rescue CD files that are used to boot from for repair of unbootable and damaged systems, rescue data, scan the system for virus infections. Burn it as an image to a disk to get a bootable CD. All (except Avira) are in the
ISO Image file format. Avira uses an EXE that has built-in CD burning capability.
- Avira AntiVir Rescue System - Tutorial for Avira Rescue CD.
If you encounter problems running the Rescue Disk, you can get further assistance at the Avira Support Forum.
- Dr Web LiveCD. Be sure to print out and follow the instructions provided in the User Manual.
- F-Secure Rescue CD - Rescue CD 3.01 released.
Video: How to Remove Malware with F-Secure Rescue CD
If you encounter problems running the Rescue CD, you can get further assistance at the F-Secure Support Forum.
- BitDefender LiveCD - Index of /rescue_cd
If you encounter problems running the Rescue CD, you can get further assistance at the BitDefender Support Forum.
- Kaspersky RescueDisk - Index of /devbuilds/RescueDisk/
If you encounter problems running the RescueDisk, you can get further assistance at the Kaspersky Support Forum.
If you are not sure how to burn an image, please read
How to write a CD/DVD image or ISO. If you need a FREE utility to burn the ISO image, download and use
ImgBurn.
Let me know how it goes.