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formatting my hardrive

Postby sphinx » Sun May 16, 2004 9:02 pm

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Postby Geekgirl » Sun May 16, 2004 9:59 pm

You prob didnt need to re-install on both H.D.D. Only the one that had the virus. Its best to fdisk to make sure you didnt have a boot sector virus.

Have you tried to boot from a boot disc? You may need to set your boot sequence to boot from the floopy first. After it boots from floppy you can see your partions and fdisk from there if you choose to. What happens when you try to boot from the XP disc?
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Postby sphinx » Sun May 16, 2004 10:09 pm

i don't no what a fdisk is, when i try to load my XP disk it asks me if i want to install XP and if i want to install XP opitional components. i had to format my other hardrive coz i don't no wot hardrive the virus is on.
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Postby Geekgirl » Sun May 16, 2004 10:19 pm

Read this article




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What option do you choose when XP asks you that?
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Postby sphinx » Mon May 17, 2004 8:36 am

i just exit it, coz i don't know which one to choose.
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Postby Geekgirl » Mon May 17, 2004 2:48 pm

Ok .....hmmmmm

If you already re-installed on other H.D.D. then what option did you choose then?
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Postby brad » Mon May 17, 2004 8:08 pm

Here's a very clear
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