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Total destruction/hard format of C-drive to rid massive virus issues
My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware
contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. |
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"Colin" wrote My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. Go to the manufacturer of the hard drive's web site and download and save the formatting tools there to a diskette. Put the diskette in your floppy drive and boot. Follow the instructions and do a full format (will take hours). Once that is done, format and make your partitions. Once that is done, go into your BIOS (hit Del while rebooting) and change your boot order to boot from the CDROM first. Then stick your Windows Me in the CDROM and boot again and follow the set up instructions to Windows Me. Once WinMe is installed, put your boot order back to the way it was. Alias |
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If you intend using an OEM 'Recovery' CD to re-install from, then read the
manufactures handbook for instructions, otherwise:- Assuming that you are intending to do a clean install, take a look at (and print out) the "cleanhd.txt" file in the win9x folder on your WinMe CD. You can also view the "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" at: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271673 Study it carefully and be sure you have a note of your product key code (the 25 digit code that is supplied with your CD) and - if your WinMe CD is an 'upgrade' version (rather than a 'full version') - some proof of a 'previous version' - e.g. your Win98 CD (N.B not required for OEM) Before you go any further, you really ought to study the following KB article, "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk" http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867 Use your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk to format your C: drive and remember that ALL data will all be erased when you format the disk. Boot from the floppy and select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type :- "format c:" (no quotes and note the space between t and c and the colon after the c) Then Press Return. HTH and good luck Mart "Colin" wrote in message ... My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. |
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"Mart" wrote in message ... If you intend using an OEM 'Recovery' CD to re-install from, then read the manufactures handbook for instructions, otherwise:- Assuming that you are intending to do a clean install, take a look at (and print out) the "cleanhd.txt" file in the win9x folder on your WinMe CD. You can also view the "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" at: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271673 Study it carefully and be sure you have a note of your product key code (the 25 digit code that is supplied with your CD) and - if your WinMe CD is an 'upgrade' version (rather than a 'full version') - some proof of a 'previous version' - e.g. your Win98 CD (N.B not required for OEM) Before you go any further, you really ought to study the following KB article, "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk" http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867 Use your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk to format your C: drive and remember that ALL data will all be erased when you format the disk. Except, of course, the Master Boot Record which my method does erase. Alias Boot from the floppy and select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type :- "format c:" (no quotes and note the space between t and c and the colon after the c) Then Press Return. HTH and good luck Mart "Colin" wrote in message ... My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. |
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There is an extremely easy and useful product called KillDisk that will make this process a snap. "Alias" wrote: "Mart" wrote in message ... If you intend using an OEM 'Recovery' CD to re-install from, then read the manufactures handbook for instructions, otherwise:- Assuming that you are intending to do a clean install, take a look at (and print out) the "cleanhd.txt" file in the win9x folder on your WinMe CD. You can also view the "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" at: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271673 Study it carefully and be sure you have a note of your product key code (the 25 digit code that is supplied with your CD) and - if your WinMe CD is an 'upgrade' version (rather than a 'full version') - some proof of a 'previous version' - e.g. your Win98 CD (N.B not required for OEM) Before you go any further, you really ought to study the following KB article, "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk" http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867 Use your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk to format your C: drive and remember that ALL data will all be erased when you format the disk. Except, of course, the Master Boot Record which my method does erase. Alias Boot from the floppy and select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type :- "format c:" (no quotes and note the space between t and c and the colon after the c) Then Press Return. HTH and good luck Mart "Colin" wrote in message ... My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. |
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using FDISK to repartition re-writes the MBR (AFAIK), so this should not be
an issue -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Alias" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote in message ... If you intend using an OEM 'Recovery' CD to re-install from, then read the manufactures handbook for instructions, otherwise:- Assuming that you are intending to do a clean install, take a look at (and print out) the "cleanhd.txt" file in the win9x folder on your WinMe CD. You can also view the "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" at: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271673 Study it carefully and be sure you have a note of your product key code (the 25 digit code that is supplied with your CD) and - if your WinMe CD is an 'upgrade' version (rather than a 'full version') - some proof of a 'previous version' - e.g. your Win98 CD (N.B not required for OEM) Before you go any further, you really ought to study the following KB article, "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk" http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867 Use your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk to format your C: drive and remember that ALL data will all be erased when you format the disk. Except, of course, the Master Boot Record which my method does erase. Alias Boot from the floppy and select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type :- "format c:" (no quotes and note the space between t and c and the colon after the c) Then Press Return. HTH and good luck Mart "Colin" wrote in message ... My daughter's computer has massive virus/spyware contamination that can't be removed by usual means. I have all WinME and hardware driver and program disks. How do I do a total "hard" format of her hard drive back to blank, so I can use Emergency Startup disk to start installation from a "clean" hard drive? C. |
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