I have had several that wound up being a reinstall after many hours of *trying* to fix. The key is to have the wisdom to know the difference, sometimes I am just stubborn. fp
At 02:12 PM 2/10/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Fisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> >Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:27 PM >Subject: RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with bad virusinfestation > > >> >>Because data is data, it's not executed, it's not stored in registry, it's >>much easier to verify with virus scanning software. >> >>When was the last time you saw a tiff file with a virus? > >Now with external hard drives handy here is how I do it. > >I back up the data to my external hard drive. I then hook my external hard >drive to my shop computer and scan the data for viruses while I am installing >Windows on the freshly formatted hard drive on my customer's computer. Then >when I copy the data back, I know it is clean. > >As far as I am concerned, doing major repairs on Windows went out the door >along with the solder gun that was used to repair circuit boards. Even in >million dollar electronic machines, it is more preferred to spend ten thousand >dollars on a new circuit board than to have somebody use a solder iron on >trying to fix a circuit board. > >Chuck -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Why don't dogs get boogers ?
