Virus infection on a T60 ==> how best to reinstall WindowsXP? Can I safely still use the special Windows installation partition?
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From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 21 Jan 2010 21:44 "ship" <shiphen(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0c573ce-cd58-40ea-ab62-9f1b3ff5fdca(a)b9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... FTR said [some stuff] [...] > You can attempt to fix your computer by using the various antimalware > programs available, but if you want to feel confident about the > results > it is best to restore to factory specifications and rebuild from > there. > My gut feeling, in view of how many things were reportedly found, is > that safe practices were not in place on this computer - all the more > reason to flatten and rebuild at this point. [...] > Personally, I feel that you should familiarize yourself > with the use of the restore partition and getting the > updates installed. ....and then you - "ship" said... Ok... one thing though - what is to stop a virus from infecting all your previous restore points? ... *** Don't confuse "Restore Points" with the EISA restore partition. These are totally different things. *** .... (not to mention the restore process itself...) *** This is known to have happened (not infection specifically, but interference nonetheless). *** I am certainly leaning toward a complete flatten plus rebuild. (I remain nervous that reinstalling msWindowsXP may prove hard even though I have a valid Product Key on the back... but shall probably risk it anyhow!) [...] *** After several attempts to install and dual boot Linux/Windows XP on this laptop, I finally gave up. I figured I'd just use an XP Pro CD that I had to reinstall XP. I discovered the "Access IBM" button brought up the option to restore from the hidden partition. Easy as falling off a log - as they say. Afterward, to avoid having to go through the update process (service packs) in the future, I imaged the harddrive (with MaxBlast - powered by Acronis) so I could recover more easily the next time. I *still* have the EISA partition intact even though I probably won't need to use it again. *** |