Norton 2005 internet security Warm Tar, not molasses,
check if it is checking every file referenced for virus's BMP, TIFF, VOB etc use smartscan instead of full scan And - before the rebuild - all data and email onto DVD for restore after, and you do know the internet, and email access names password and addresses JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharol Cutrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:25 PM Subject: Gateway 5005 plus > I have almost no experience with Gateways, so I need to ask the group for > input. > > My client brought me her Gateway 500S plus computer. It is running XP with > 256 mb of memory. > > I want to "nuke and pave" (she has so much spyware - and probably viruses - > that the existing install isn't worth saving) but Windows implies that there > "may be" Gateway diagnostics on the C partition. I am getting dire warnings > from the Windows setup screen (never seen those particular ones before.) Oh > yes, and she just installed Norton 2005 internet security. > > The drivers seem to be available from Gateway support if the > reinstall/restore CD doesn't contain them. > > Does it seem logical that I should be able to delete the partition and > install clean? The machine won't connect to any network, dialup or > Ethernet, and runs like it is moving through molasses at this point. > > Sharol > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
