Re: Clearing the hard drive.

From: Crysta (cmg31870_at_cmsu2.cmsu.edu)
Date: 08/12/03 

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:14:57 -0700

Mike-
You mentioned that clearing the hard drive would take a
long time, but I don't know what else to do. I previously
had Norton and that obviously wasn't getting rid of the
bugs. I installed McAfee 7.0w/firewall the other day. I
had about 5 viruses and had to start up in safe mode
through DOS to try to clear them out and got rid of them.
Each time I have had to do this it takes about 20 minutes
just to run and I have had to do it about 6 times. I am
seeing the clearing of the drive as my only other option.
Any suggestions?
Crystal
>-----Original Message-----
>To start over, you boot from your XP CD and follow the
directions to install
>Windows. The first step in the process is to partition
and format your hard
>disk. This will permanently wipe out any viruses -- along
with everything
>else on your hard disk. As such, it's an extreme option.
You will have to
>reinstall, reconfigure and update all your software and
hardware. Don't even
>try it until you have made and tested a complete backup
of everything that
>is important to you. Be sure to scan your backup media
for viruses.
>
>Given all the time and effort involved, are you sure that
there isn't some
>other way to clean those viruses from your hard disk?
>
>Mike Mulligan
>
>"Crystal" <cmg31870@cmsu2.cmsu.edu> wrote in message
>news:0f3b01c360e3$06d9de10$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have had several viruses that I can't seem to get rid
of
>> even with the addition of antivirus software. How do I
>> clear the hard drive and just start over.
>
>
>.
>

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