Re: Format drive

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From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 05/29/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 11:44:32 +1000

"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1489d01c4451c$13639270$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi, According to Dell support I have a virus causeing
> a "status of licence prevention
> problem"error.0x8007050aa.I may need to format the hard
> drive,but I can't get pass the log in screen in normal or
> safe mode.Any suggestions.Thanks

Formatting the hard disk is a last resort. It wipes the slate -
there will be nothing left afterwards: No WinXP, not data
files, nothing. Are you sure your want to do this?

A much better way is to remove the hard disk and install
it temporarily as a slave disk in a friend's WinXP PC, then
scan it for viruses. Once it's clean, you may have to do
some repair work - post again for further instructions.

Also: It is absolutely necessary to install a good virus
scanner and firewall, and to maintain them up-to-date.

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