Trying to reformat - possible HD problems

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Trying to reformat - possible HD problems

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dustinjones View Member Profile	Jul 14 2005, 11:59 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 14-July 05 Member No.: 27,403	I currently experienced the Antivirus Gold trojan, and I'm not sure I have gotten rid of it. My problem is that I cannot reformat my computer and reinstall Windows XP Professional. When I try to boot from disk, it starts to look like it will start to reformat, but then it says that I'm not connected to my hard drive. This makes me think that I still might have the virus, but after downloading 10+ programs and followed 3 different sets of instructions to remove, I believe I have gotten rid of it all. I don't have a floppy disk instsalled so I can't boot from disk. I've put in about 15 hours of swapping hard drives/installing/rebooting/etc. and i'd like to know if there's just the easy solution to clear my hard drive and start over. I don't need anything from my pc at this point. Thanks in advance. P.S. My knowledge in computers is pretty limited, so if you get technical on me I will most likely need some detailed instructions.

thedon57 View Member Profile	Jul 15 2005, 02:43 AM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 264 Joined: 11-June 05 From: eastbourne uk Member No.: 23,130	Hi is your BIOS settings, set to CD Rom, as your first bootup,if not then that is what needs doing. CD rom, Hard drive, Floppy then any other. Get back to us if you need any other help. -------------------- If you want a Computer built, do it yourself, install Windows XP Home Edition, SP2 and all updates backed up by Nod32, Microsoft AntiSpyware, Yahoo AntiSpyware, Ad-Aware SE Plus, Ad-Watch SE Plus, CCleaner,and Windows Registry Repair Pro, WinPatrol Explorer 9.7 Plus, Trogan Hunter Full Edition, Bug Doctor Pro all of them working together makes it more stable,and faster with no Freeze ups, Crashes or Blue Screens. Now Forum Admin on another Computer Forum.

dustinjones View Member Profile	Jul 15 2005, 01:49 PM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 14-July 05 Member No.: 27,403	Yea it is, but I'm just going to take it to a local repair shop. I'm sick of dealing with this.

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