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Deleting "my old disk structure"
I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:14:03 -0800, joem
wrote: I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. "Had to? Why did you have to? Almost all single virus infections can be removed with anti-virus software. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? In that case, you didn't do the reinstallation properly. Please describe exactly what you did. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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joem wrote:
I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? If the machine is working well and your'e happy with it, have you tried just deleting it from Explorer? You really need to provide more info on what you did and with what and how. |
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"Twayne" wrote: joem wrote: I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? If the machine is working well and your'e happy with it, have you tried just deleting it from Explorer? You really need to provide more info on what you did and with what and how. This folder cannot be deleted with Explorer. I did a "Recovery" without re formatting the disk |
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"joem" wrote in message
... I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? First, how much time do you have invested in the reinstall? Clearly, if you have a "my old file strucure" folder, you did *not* do a clean install, the disk wasn't even formatted, and so it's possible that there are low-level infections still present on the disk. I would suggest that you stop, back up your data - if any - to another drive, then start the install over. This time, remove the partitions from the drive, re-create and format them, and continue with the install. If you can't back up to another drive, just go get a new drive (where I am, 250 gig drives are under $70), remove your old one and set it aside (use the antistatic bag from the new drive). Install the new one and reinstall to that. When done, after you've set up the system and the A/V software is running and up to date, connect the old drive or backup media and copy your data back into place, and your A/V software should catch any malware. HTH -pk |
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"joem" wrote in message
... "Twayne" wrote: joem wrote: I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? If the machine is working well and your'e happy with it, have you tried just deleting it from Explorer? You really need to provide more info on what you did and with what and how. This folder cannot be deleted with Explorer. Why not? What happens when you try? I did a "Recovery" without re formatting the disk Then, frankly, you wasted your time. If your system actually had a bad malware infestation, this can leave the malware in place. You need to, at very least, format to ensure that the malware is at least overwritten. I would suggest it's best that you back up the data, and then re-do the recovery using the formatting, or preferably repartitioning, options. HTH -pk |
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"Patrick Keenan" wrote: "joem" wrote in message ... I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? First, how much time do you have invested in the reinstall? Clearly, if you have a "my old file strucure" folder, you did *not* do a clean install, the disk wasn't even formatted, and so it's possible that there are low-level infections still present on the disk. I would suggest that you stop, back up your data - if any - to another drive, then start the install over. This time, remove the partitions from the drive, re-create and format them, and continue with the install. If you can't back up to another drive, just go get a new drive (where I am, 250 gig drives are under $70), remove your old one and set it aside (use the antistatic bag from the new drive). Install the new one and reinstall to that. When done, after you've set up the system and the A/V software is running and up to date, connect the old drive or backup media and copy your data back into place, and your A/V software should catch any malware. HTH -pk Patrick, I thank you for the suggestions. I did indeed spent a lot of time with the "Recovery" mode. The A/V software has found some of the viruses in the "old disk structure" which I have deleted. I was just hoping to be able to erase this redundant "old disk structure" since it is of no apparent use. It is strange that it cannot be done. Joem |
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Patrick
This statement is not one I would have expected from you "and your A/V software should catch any malware." It is patently incorrect as there are many types of malware an anti-virus programme will not detect. -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Keenan wrote: "joem" wrote in message ... I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it? First, how much time do you have invested in the reinstall? Clearly, if you have a "my old file strucure" folder, you did *not* do a clean install, the disk wasn't even formatted, and so it's possible that there are low-level infections still present on the disk. I would suggest that you stop, back up your data - if any - to another drive, then start the install over. This time, remove the partitions from the drive, re-create and format them, and continue with the install. If you can't back up to another drive, just go get a new drive (where I am, 250 gig drives are under $70), remove your old one and set it aside (use the antistatic bag from the new drive). Install the new one and reinstall to that. When done, after you've set up the system and the A/V software is running and up to date, connect the old drive or backup media and copy your data back into place, and your A/V software should catch any malware. HTH -pk |
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