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07-07-2006, 02:39 PM
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Re-installing XP
A guy dropped his computer off for me to "fix". It was so loaded with virus that I had to re-install XP. I tried 3 times,got corrupted file messages. I zero filled the harddrive and re-installed,same thing. I disconnected the second(backup) hard drive and so far it is working OK. Can a second hard drive corrupt the installation on the C drive?
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07-07-2006, 02:56 PM
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Heck yes - don't reconnect the backup drive till AFTER Windows is installed.
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07-07-2006, 03:08 PM
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XP seems to be running OK now. If I re-connect it and it has virus,can it do harm before I scan it with AVG ?
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07-07-2006, 03:50 PM
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I have had a few instances of avg not finding a virus. I would load avast on the system then set it to do a boot time virus scan of all drives [before windows loads] Shutdown and now connect the backup drive. Restart and avast will scan the drive before any os loads. It is a pretty neat feature.
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07-08-2006, 06:20 AM
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Thanks. I was able to pull his files off the D drive to a CD. I am now re-formatting the D drive. Hopefully this will cure the problem.
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