Damaged hard drive error notice.

[Danny 4 Dawn]

After my computer starts up and it has got to the User
accounts icons , an error message comes up which readsa bad sector of the hard drive. please uninstall it....
It subsequently stops me using several programs i have
installed like BearShare or Adobe.
Is this a virus i can remove or do i need to re-install
XP ????
Thanks.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Danny;
Run an updated virus scan or scan for viruses online, #1 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

Go to the website of your hard drive manufacturer and get their hard
drive diagnostics.