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Reinstall XP because of Win32 virus
My son downloaded the Win32 virus/trojan. I'm semi-techie and have been able to repartition the harddrive successfully in the past to reinstall the OS. The last time I successfully did this was about 6 - 8 months ago. This time, however, it gets to about 98% finished and won't go any farther. I can do the "quick" option, but that doesn't get rid of the virus. I don't think my harddrive is bad because it will let me install the OS without a complete wipe. Any suggestions?
ieee488
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January 7th, 2010 14:00
I am not sure why you feel the need to repartition the hard drive. During the install just do a format of the partition.
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January 8th, 2010 06:00
Because when that is done, the virus remains. I've always understood repartitioning the hard drive would delete any hard-to-remove viruses. It worked 6 months ago on another virus he downloaded, but now it won't finish.