 Need To Rebuild Hard Drive, Infected with virus - How do I rebuild my system? |
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 Sep 3 2008, 10:51 AM
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Sep 3 2008, 10:57 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 6,542 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
System manufacturer and model?
You could always remove the hard drive...temporarily attach it to a different computer as a secondary drive...and delete all existing partitions...if you had an XP CD. Do you have a valid XP license/key? Louis |
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Sep 3 2008, 02:25 PM
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If you're already infected, it's too late to back up your drive. You'll just move that with it
I'm just saying this because of the seriousness of your infection that I read This post has been edited by garmanma: Sep 3 2008, 02:31 PM -------------------- Mark
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Sep 3 2008, 04:31 PM
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1. Ask your system manufacturer for restore disks. They may require little fee to send them.
2. Some manufacturers store Windows XP setup files on the hard disk. For example, Dell sometimes places them in "C:\i386" if you have those you can re-create Windows XP CD provided you have valid license key. Read complete tutorial here : http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwin...setupdisk.shtml -------------------- Never argue with morons, its waste of time...
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