Might be time to re-partition and reformat \the HD.

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REB — 9/12/2006 6:37:45 PM (archived)

When all else fails, I have a startup disk I boot up from, with CD-Rom drivers. I re-partition, reformat and reinstall Windows this way. Of course, you loose anything on the machine so frequent data backups are a must.

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A special place in Hell for Anti-virus Virus writers - SDG - 9/8/2006 4:26:58 PM
- Might be time to re-partition and reformat \the HD. - REB - 9/12/2006 6:37:45 PM
- re: A special place in Hell for Anti-virus Virus writers - azstrummer - 9/11/2006 11:27:58 PM
- Try restarting in DOS mode w/CD support. - Fox - 9/10/2006 5:07:36 PM
  - re: Try restarting in DOS mode w/CD support. - Tom Brosz - 9/11/2006 4:56:48 AM
    - re: Try restarting in DOS mode w/CD support. - SDG - 9/11/2006 1:02:41 PM
      - re: Avast - Fox - 9/12/2006 3:10:34 AM
      - Norton - Tom Brosz - 9/11/2006 3:57:44 PM
      - If you can, make sure the system restore is turned off, - podrock - 9/11/2006 1:35:27 PM
        
        As far as I know, only Windows XP has that. I might be wrong. - Tom Brosz - 9/11/2006 3:53:49 PM
        
        ME had it as well, but you are right, not on 2000 (n/t) - SDG - 9/11/2006 5:38:24 PM
- Interesting BBC article on computer security, including how Vista will do it. - Bowser - 9/9/2006 9:59:46 PM
- Agnitum Outpost Firewall - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/9/2006 6:39:31 AM
- Any clues as to how she got it? - FrankC - 9/9/2006 2:07:35 AM
  - re: Any clues as to how she got it? - SDG - 9/9/2006 5:07:28 AM
- The IT department? (n/t) - et - 9/9/2006 2:06:37 AM

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