Re: Reformat and restore

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databaseben wrote:

believe it or not, there was a time before windows and long before
dos, before microwaves and yes, before zerox.


Believe it or not, I am very likely considerably older than you, and I well
remember the times before all those things. And I first started working
professionally with computers as an IBM 1401 programmer in 1962

And by the way, that's "xerox."

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Back then we used lots of carbon paper. And the 4bit O.S.'s that
crashed were sent to their maker......



databaseben wrote:

yeh, i remember them ole days when it was much easier to kill the
o.s. if it caught a virus.


That was never true. Except for a very rare extreme situation, it's
always been much easier to remove the virus. Reformatting and
reinstalling has always been, and still is, extreme overkill.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Now adays, there have been new
technological advances in the field of computer health and recovery
is highly possible.

I suggest that the first step is to remove any foreign contaminates
from memory. Go to safe mode and disable all the startups. This
will free up memory and inhibit any viruls from starting without
your knowledge. And reboot. See if some of the symptoms have been
illeviated in normal mode.

If not, then I would boot up with your windows cd and utilize the
repair method, which will repair any system files that got
corrupted. Boot into normal mode again and take(use) 1 antivirus, 1
antispyware and 1 anti adware. You can you more than the
recommended dose....

Keep in mind that if some personal software no longer function in
windows, then it is highly likely they were incompatiable and caused
your o.s. to functon like a lop sided wheel.

If the symptoms are still there, then it may be necessary to repair
the registry....


I got a virus I cannot get rid of, losing programs, files and
freezing up, slow as well

"channon" wrote:

I am going to have to reformat my hard drive. I have a lot of
programs and updates I do not want to have to redo. My system is
backed up but I am concerned that if I use restore, I will just
reinstall the problems.


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