-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with virus.

When you boot off the CD, you're going to see the option to format your drive. 
In your case, that's what you want to do, format the drive. After you've 
selected the choice of formatting, it will give you 4 option... 1. FAT, 2. FAT 
(QUICK), 3. NTFS, 4. NTFS (QUICK). Whichever you choosem don't do the quick 
format. Do the full format. I recommend NTFS, for added security and 
efficiencu, and more stable... but, NTFS can't be read in DOS, so if things go 
bad you can't use a DOS start-up disk to navigate through the drive. You can, 
however, use a 3rd party app, such as NTFS READER, to do that for you.
---Troth


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sylviavandewall 
  To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 4:04 AM
  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with virus.



  Thanks Troth,
  But what do i do before i use the XP CD, to get a  clean start. How do i
  clean all the mistakes, do i have to go to format or will the CD take care
  of that?? Sorry for all the questions but i'm learning -:))).
  Sylvia.

  > If its XP, the installation is very easy. Just boot off the XP CD and
  follow the instructions. Can't get easier than that.
  > Sorry you had such an infected system. At least, with the new install, you
  can patch it immediately, and get all up-to-date with a virus scanner and
  up-to-date definitions. So, hopefully, you'll be safe in the future.
  >
  > ---Troth


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