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Post subject: Formatting and reinstalling an xp with virus and stuff  Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:35 pm |
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My landlords puter is a mess with virus and trojans.
Im wondering whats the best steps to format it and be sure nothing survives
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:42 pm |
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when you choose which partition to install on, you get the option to delete the partition as well.
Delete it, recreate it, and reformat it
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:42 pm |
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but other than that, i would have thought the slow format during installation should be enough. also, make sure nothing sneaks out on the backup disks.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:44 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:50 pm |
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o-iii<0 8ilbo=GCHQ= wrote:
Its not big enough. In order to kill all data to make sure you cant ever read it again, it needs to be over a 10kg magnet!  _________________ Codito Ergo Sum | Even i, who have no clue about social life
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:52 pm |
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Chadk=GCHQ= wrote: o-iii<0 8ilbo=GCHQ= wrote: Its not big enough. In order to kill all data to make sure you cant ever read it again, it needs to be over a 10kg magnet! ORLY? depends how hard I hit the platters with it 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:57 pm |
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GeneralPublic=GCHQ= wrote: when you choose which partition to install on, you get the option to delete the partition as well.
Delete it, recreate it, and reformat it Indeed. Good enough for viruses and nasty little buggers.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:29 pm |
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o-iii<0 8ilbo=GCHQ= wrote: Chadk=GCHQ= wrote: o-iii<0 8ilbo=GCHQ= wrote: Its not big enough. In order to kill all data to make sure you cant ever read it again, it needs to be over a 10kg magnet! ORLY? depends how hard I hit the platters with it pmsl that should sort it _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:14 pm |
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Boot from your XP CD. Go into recovery console
then do a full format (this might take a while depending on size of hdd), not a quick format via this cmd line:
format c: /fs:ntfs
After that has finished do a chkdsk on the hdd via this cmd line:
chkdsk /p _________________ ---------------------------------------- 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:36 pm |
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When you do a full install, instead of doing a Quick format do a normal one, this will check the hdd for errors while its formatting.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:10 am |
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_________________ In my view Kaldru is tirelessly stringent, but very fair - Lemon= GCHQ= Kaldru - A mythical creature that descends upon the unworthy, banning them from the sacred servers
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:12 pm |
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O o also, biggest problem really is getting your windows security updates ASAP. so as soon as you have installed his windows and before connecting to the internet.... remember to install Anti virus (avg is free, and anti-spyware program like lavasoft ad-aware
it would also really help if you had a stringent firewall..
but as soon as you connect to the net, make sure you get those windows security updates ASAP or you'll get viruses/worms everywhere if you leave it ...
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:21 pm |
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Mike =GCHQ= wrote: O o also, biggest problem really is getting your windows security updates ASAP. so as soon as you have installed his windows and before connecting to the internet.... remember to install Anti virus (avg is free, and anti-spyware program like lavasoft ad-aware
it would also really help if you had a stringent firewall..
but as soon as you connect to the net, make sure you get those windows security updates ASAP or you'll get viruses/worms everywhere if you leave it ...
That i did know mate, was only a bit unsure about the formatting deal. Besides its behind a router:) _________________ In my view Kaldru is tirelessly stringent, but very fair - Lemon= GCHQ= Kaldru - A mythical creature that descends upon the unworthy, banning them from the sacred servers
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:23 pm |
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what i said also can be done without typing those commands, someone else told me to do that, not sure why, think he was just showing off his uber geek knowledge of commands, just make sure you dont do quick format, thats the main thing  _________________ ----------------------------------------
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