-=PCTechTalk=- Re: reformat after klez virus
- From: <hdka@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:11:48 -0600 (MDT)
I wouldn't give up on that Hard Drive till I heard from all the people on
here that know so much about computers. When they all talk a bit you will
see a lot will come out that we didn't know.
Hank
> Hi Gman,
>
> Long time very little from me here but always on the side lines
> reading.
>
> You know this format get rid of virus thing. You are far more
> knowledgeable than me but I remember reading that when you format a
> drive you dont destroy information already on the drive just the file
> headers. The only way to clean a drive totally is to use a program by
> Norton, Wipeclean or something like that, to write a zero to every
> sector before you format.
>
> I say this because I have read that there is a virus that works like
> the Ontrack data recovery stuff and reads 'blank' sectors for the
> remnants of old viruses and can reactivate them.
>
> Hope this contributes a little to the discussion.
>
> yinny
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GuitarMan" <PCTech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:45 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: reformat after klez virus
>
>
>>
>> Jan,
>> FYI, once you replace the drive, there's nothing left of ANY
>> virus.
>> It's theoretically possible for a virus to ruin a hard drive by making
>> it write to the same area over and over. However, it would take
>> several hundred years for it to destroy that area (and scandisk could
>> repair the damage in a few seconds). It's a darn shame about the
>> recipe book,
> though.
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