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Now that I think of
it. I know someone else that had virus like problems, but the problem was
with his restore disk. Personnal I would never by a computer that comes
with a restore disk. Nothing works better than a freshly installed OS with
al the service packs. And you don't get the extra crap, only the crap you
want.
Dean
Hi all,
I apologize for another off topic
question, but at the same time I recognize and appreciate the knowledge
base represented by the users here.
My friend who owns his own small shop
has three computers which were infected by a virus. I don't know which
virus yet -- I wanted to post this before I go over there to try to help him.
He bought Norton's AV and downloaded the latest virus definitions, but
Norton's was unable to completely fix them. It sounds like his bet bet would
be to re-format the hard drives and start over, but he can't find the
original "restore" discs which came with the computers for two of them. These
two are a couple of years old, but still have more than enough processor speed
and ram to be of use to him, and he doesn't have the funds right now to
replace them.
-Can you offer any advice on how to
re-format the HD 's and re-install the OS on these two computers without
the restore disc which contains the OS?
-My friend has the restore disc for the
third computer which is only about six months old. Will something as simple as
using the disc to return this computer to it's original state completely clean
it of viruses?
Thanks for your time with
this.
Regards,
Chris Kocourek
Tool Designer
Flextronics CTC
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