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joem
I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I
now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it?
now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it?
I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation.
I
now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete it?
joem said:I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus
infestation. I now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure".
How can I delete it?
Twayne said:If the machine is working well and your'e happy with it, have you tried
just deleting it from Explorer?
You really need to provide more info on what you did and with what and
how.
This folder cannot be deleted with Explorer. I did a "Recovery" without re formatting the disk
joem said:I had to re-install windows after being affected by a virus infestation. I
now have a 60 Gb folder named "my old file structure". How can I delete
it?
joem said:This folder cannot be deleted with Explorer.
I did a "Recovery" without re formatting the disk
Patrick Keenan said:First, how much time do you have invested in the reinstall?
Clearly, if you have a "my old file strucure" folder, you did *not* do a
clean install, the disk wasn't even formatted, and so it's possible that
there are low-level infections still present on the disk.
I would suggest that you stop, back up your data - if any - to another
drive, then start the install over. This time, remove the partitions from
the drive, re-create and format them, and continue with the install.
If you can't back up to another drive, just go get a new drive (where I am,
250 gig drives are under $70), remove your old one and set it aside (use the
antistatic bag from the new drive). Install the new one and reinstall to
that.
When done, after you've set up the system and the A/V software is running
and up to date, connect the old drive or backup media and copy your data
back into place, and your A/V software should catch any malware.
HTH
-pk
Patrick,
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