Well my computer has a ton of Malware and Torjans, as seen in my other post. Most of the Malware was removed but iv'e decided to restore my computer. I have a Dell Microsoft Windows XP 2002 HOME edition SP3. I do not have a CD so i need my partition, i cant find it!, if im not making SENSE please correct me but im sure i need to press a key when my windows STARTS up, f2,f10,f11,f12,f8 are not working ! is there a chance the virus removed it ? SOMEONE please helpHi Jon. Seems like you have expected too much too soon. You'd have been best to stick with the Computer Viruses and Spyware forum and waited patiently until one of the CH Authorised Malware Removal Specialists got on your case. They are very very busy guys.

If you are definitely set on restoring to factory settings be aware you will lose all data files on your hard drive.

Before giving any advice we need to have some basics of your pc. You indicate it is a Dell but no mention of the model so we don't even know if we're trying to deal with a laptop, notebook or desktop. What is your hardware configuration (e.g. do you have a floppy disk drive, cdrom, dvd)? Your other posts show you are running Windows XP but what anti-virus do you use and do you have a third-party firewall?

Please read this for guidance on which info to supply.

And welcome to the CH forums.

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