-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Need the Most Efficient & Effective for Viral Removal

Cristy,
    There are two approaches and I use both, depending on circumstances.

    The first is ONLY for a clean install on a new hard drive or one that's 
been wiped clean.  For this, I use the partitioning abilities of the Windows 
installation CD/DVD to create the initial partition as needed.  I usually 
create a first partition that's somewhere between 20-35GB in size, depending 
on who owns the computer I'm working on and what they plan to do with it. 
Larger apps (or tons of apps) means more space will be needed.  Once the OS 
install is complete, all drivers have been installed (including motherboard 
drivers), all security apps have been installed and updated & there are no 
more critical Windows Updates to get, I install a 3rd party partitioning app 
and finish the job of making the various partitions they want/need.

    The second method is reserved for already existing drives that contain 
an operating system the person doesn't want to wipe.  Simply put, I back up 
their entire hard drive, install the same 3rd party partitioning app and go 
to town slicing up the free space that's available on that already existing 
drive.  When I'm done, I show them how to Move files/folders from their main 
partition over to the other ones and let them have fun organizing their 
stuff.  When they're done, I often come back and make that first partition 
smaller since so many larger items (like the MP3 collection) are no longer 
there.  I can then offer to install a second instance of Windows to use as a 
clean Gaming platform or, at the very least, to serve as a simple way to 
allow them to recover from a catastrophy on their main drive (for instance, 
boot into the second OS and run an AV scan on the main partition to remove 
most infections easily).

    As you're well aware from watching me discuss topics like this, there's 
a lot more to this stuff.  Still, it should give you some things to consider 
when you're ready.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:32 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Need the Most Efficient & Effective for Viral 
Removal


> HI Gman,
>
> I found this email very interesting.  I would like to sometime set my 
> system
> up like you said with my stored files separate from my OS, maybe when I
> purchase my new computer.  I also found it interesting about renaming the 
> AV
> files and all.  Seems we have to always be three steps ahead of the bad 
> guys
> ;0.  I will also save that link below.
>
> christy 

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