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Old 08-10-2007   #6 (permalink)
usualobject0
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Re: how to delete hard drive

so my best bet is to go to the manufacturer and asked them to fix it.

"Gary G. Little" wrote:

> No trojan that your protection software found ... Was your anti-virus
> software up to date?
>
> When you re-installed Vista did you format the harddrive containing Vista?
> It sounds like you have two disks or a single disk with multiple partitions
> and simply installed to the other HDD or partiition. That won't get rid of
> evil software lurking in the boot area of an HDD. It sounds like you need to
> repair Vista from the install DVD by first deleting the existing volume,
> re-creating it, and then installing Vista again. As has been said, that is
> not for the feint of heart.
>
> --
> The personal opinion of
> Gary G. Little
>
> "usualobject0" <usualobject0@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93CEBB4C-C404-4DE8-AC46-30D36727C5D1@microsoft.com...
> > well i did run some anti-virus software on my comp and there was no trojan
> > horse.
> >
> > "Michael Solomon" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "usualobject0" <usualobject0@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CFB4670A-B8AC-4A43-9A1E-FCF403300F70@microsoft.com...
> >> >i use windows vista. a few weeks ago i had gotten a trojan horse on my
> >> > computer so to get it out of the system i reinstalled vista. there is
> >> > problem
> >> > though. after i did that, every time i open my comp it shows the
> >> > `Windows
> >> > Boot Manager`screen and asks me which Microsoft Vista version i would
> >> > like
> >> > to
> >> > use. Not only, after reinstalling vista, something happened to my
> >> > video
> >> > card. i called the place where i bought my laptop and they said that i
> >> > have
> >> > to delete my hard drive. the only problem that i have is how do i
> >> > delete
> >> > my
> >> > hard drive....
> >>
> >> The reason why you now have a boot screen is you probably have two
> >> versions
> >> of Vista installed.
> >>
> >> You don't get rid of a Trojan or any virus by installing the OS over
> >> itself.
> >> You need to use antivirus software and there are some sites online that
> >> will
> >> also scan your computer and remove viruses. Once that is done, you can
> >> then
> >> certainly move on, format, delete or whatever you want but your best bet
> >> right now is to boot back into your previous Vista version and properly
> >> remove the Trojan.
> >>
> >> Once that's complete, you can't be sure the Trojan isn't the cause of
> >> other
> >> problems you mentioned, you can then move on to Formatting your hard
> >> drive
> >> or specific partition on which Vista is installed, you may need to find
> >> all
> >> instances of a Vista installation and do this and then reinstall Vista.
> >>
> >> Assuming you have a retail version of Vista and not a recovery disk, you
> >> would boot from the Vista DVD and during setup when you are presented
> >> with a
> >> partition map, a list of the partitions on your hard drive, you would
> >> format
> >> the ones on which Vista exists and it's possible both your Vista installs
> >> are on the same partition. If you are unsure about this, take it to the
> >> place where you purchased it and let them resolve this for you but first,
> >> you must properly get rid of that Trojan.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Solomon
> >> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >>
> >>

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