Re: wipe and reboot

From: Rich (rnienowremove_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:43:57 -0500

Be sure your bios is set to boot from cd.
Backup everything you want to keep.
Re-boot from the cd and follow the onscreen
directions.

Reinstall anti virus
Go online and get all necessary updates immediately!!

Good Luck!

Rich

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:08:29 -0700, "chris" <chrischasin@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I have a gateway with winxp home on it. it is about a year
>old, and in the past few months has become so bogged down
>with viruses it doesnt function properly. (i have norton).
>I plan to simply wipe the entire hard disk and re-instal
>everything. how do i do this. also, once i do it what is a
>good anti-virus/spyware/worm program (is there one that
>may help me now).
>
>thanks,
>
>chris c



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