Re: new computer using old data-filled drives runs XP-PRO and shuts do

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From: Ross Durie (rdurie_at_caverock.net.nz)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:32:25 +1300

98SE isn't running so has NOTHING to do with your problem.

By your own admission your computer is infested with viruses. Antivirus
software can't automatically remove some viruses. They must be removed
manually. 

--
Ross
"harrryblake" <harrryblake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05297735-E851-44E2-9D1D-EC266BAD083A@microsoft.com...
> I got this new computer (running Win XP-PRO) with a new "C" drive and
added
> my other 2 HD's that were filled with data created on my old Win 98SE
> computer.  The C drive holds the Win XP-Pro OS.  That was 2 weeks ago.  I
> slowly brought over data files from the old (now E and F drives) HDs and
> things looked good and ran smoothly.  Then the computer seemed to balk.
It
> slowed dramatically, began to freeze, crash.  Increasingly the computer
> refused to go online no matter how I or techs at bellsouth.net and
earthlink
> tried to force Internet Explorer to stay configured one certain way while
> tests were run to determine what had messed the OS or damaged IE or
corrupted
> the register.  This all happened over a 2 week period.  The C drive runs
> Xp-Pro but the old E drive still holds remnants of the past OS: Win 98SE.
>
> The computer is almost useless and is corrupting many important files.  I
> installed 5 additional anti-virus and TH progs. on the thing but though
they
> show many viruses--they're deleted--they reappear hours later causing even
> the local activities to freeze or crash.  Any ideas on what's wrong with
this
> computer and/or the OS?  Can it be a question of viruses or is the idea of
> adding data-filled old disks developed on an older possibly non-backward
> compatible Win 98SE oS a bad idea?  Can a slight error like the latter
cause
> such a catastrophe?  Any ideas on what is going on with this computer
would
> be appreciated.

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