Lets try that again. I'm still losing the first couple of lines... Glad you got things repaired. You got several suggestions ... What did do to format the infected hard drive. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harold Windle Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 11:20 AM To: PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Harold Windle Subject: [PCWorks] [Fwd: Format Infected Hard Drive] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PCWorks] Format Infected Hard Drive Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:15:49 +0000 From: Harold Windle <ormer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Organisation: Home To: PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Harold Windle <ormer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thank you everyone for all the help so readily offered.....Glad to say that with this help, all is now well. Best regards...Harold W I do seem to be using the list frequently of late and thankfully it is there when disaster strikes us all! Another query I have now is.......Today I got infected with some "Highly Critical" virus which absolutely trashed the hard drive. Fortunately I had a "Clone" of this drive which I had made a few weeks ago and which is now installed as the Master drive....so all is well in that respect. So my question: Is it safe to put the infected hard drive as a slave to this master drive so that I can completely format it to get rid of the virus and put it back into use, or is there a danger of, by doing so, that it might infect it's master by being on the same cable, so to speak. Help please....Thank you Harold W ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-