One thing about viruses is it's best to keep them away. For sure, CDs can have viruses! ... just as much as a floppy drive containing drivers could. It is rare.
One thing I've always wondered is by "thrashing your hard drive", what exactly does that mean? I've seen viruses rename files and wipe out a boot sector but aside from that, not very much. It almost sounds like the hard drive could not be ever reused after. Is that even possible?
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