Solve : Can a virus "survive" a deleted partitio?

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Answer» My son had a virus that I couldn't remove so I reinstalled XP by deleteing the existing NTFS PARTITION and creating a new NTFS partition. I reinstalled XP, SP1 and Norton AV. I went to do a liveupdate on Norton and could not. I downloaded AVG and it found viruses. Could a virus have survived the deltion/creation of the partition? If so, how do I completely clean the drive? Thanks for the help.Quote ...Could a virus have survived the deltion/creation of the partition? If so, how do I completely clean the drive?... No, but a virus can infect you after you re-installed WinXP but prior to performing the live update. When reinstalling Windows, it's best to physically disconnect from your hi-speed modem. Boot to Safe Mode and then clean the drive. Carl Aderhold.......Well , if you couldnt reach Norton to do a update.......the virus ( if thats what it is , is still present ) ......Did AVG .....identify it and TELL you where it is residing ? I ALSO notice that you don't have SP2 installed .......is there any reason for that ? I just noticed Computer Commando posted as well.........do as he suggests. Let us know dl65 Hi Sometimes the only a format will get rid of a virus you use your operating disk to format. But be aware you will all data on the disk as you start fresh and will need to reload all your programes including your motherboard drivers as well. Formatting wipes the disk clean.Carl: Was it a boot sector virus? I'm not 100% sure, but it may be that this type of virus may survive a partition deletion because the malicious code is within the hard drive's boot sector &AMP; not on the partition. Boot sector viruses are usually (but not always) transmitted via infected floppy disks. It may be a good idea to throw out any floppy disks that were used with the comupter before the virus was removed. Something to think about, Doc DocIt can be held in winxp sfp[system file protection ......folder]...........i would save data to disk/website/ and scan for bugs..and re-format the whole lot.....the eraser program may help you....and stop your son from DOWNLOAD p2p programs the biggest cause of problems..one of them......?

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My son had a virus that I couldn't remove so I reinstalled XP by deleteing the existing NTFS PARTITION and creating a new NTFS partition.

I reinstalled XP, SP1 and Norton AV. I went to do a liveupdate on Norton and could not. I downloaded AVG and it found viruses.

Could a virus have survived the deltion/creation of the partition? If so, how do I completely clean the drive?

Thanks for the help.Quote

...Could a virus have survived the deltion/creation of the partition? If so, how do I completely clean the drive?...

No, but a virus can infect you after you re-installed WinXP but prior to performing the live update. When reinstalling Windows, it's best to physically disconnect from your hi-speed modem.

Boot to Safe Mode and then clean the drive.
Carl Aderhold.......Well , if you couldnt reach Norton to do a update.......the virus ( if thats what it is , is still present ) ......Did AVG .....identify it and TELL you where it is residing ? I ALSO notice that you don't have SP2 installed .......is there any reason for that ? I just noticed Computer Commando posted as well.........do as he suggests.

Let us know

dl65 Hi Sometimes the only a format will get rid of a virus you use your operating disk to format. But be aware you will all data on the disk as you start fresh and will need to reload all your programes including your motherboard drivers as well. Formatting wipes the disk clean.Carl:

Was it a boot sector virus?

I'm not 100% sure, but it may be that this type of virus may survive a partition deletion because the malicious code is within the hard drive's boot sector &AMP; not on the partition. Boot sector viruses are usually (but not always) transmitted via infected floppy disks. It may be a good idea to throw out any floppy disks that were used with the comupter before the virus was removed.

Something to think about,
Doc

DocIt can be held in winxp sfp[system file protection ......folder]...........i would save data to disk/website/ and scan for bugs..and re-format the whole lot.....the eraser program may help you....and stop your son from DOWNLOAD p2p programs the biggest cause of problems..one of them......?

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