I was going to suggest something similar, but using Linux, to prevent any chance of re-infecting the OS while preparing for the scan. Regards, -- Jon "TheNiceGuy" Spriggs On 1 Jun 2010 18:45, "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Boot using a Windows 7 boot disk. When you get to the first opportunity to click on something, hit shift-F10. This places you in a command prompt of an X: disk, which is a RAM disk version of “minwin”. You can access files on the C: drive. You can plug in a USB stick, either with a stand-alone cleaner that doesn’t need install, or to copy off important files before you re-format. The alternative is to use Barts-CD (or equivalent) to build your own ram disk including whatever you need. *From:* windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Greg Reese *Sent:* Friday, May 28, 2010 1:47 PM *To:* Thin; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [windows2000] Antivirus boot disk I have a friend that has infected the hell out of his machine with a bot or something. I ru...