deleting windows without formatting !??!

[Guest]

short and sweet -- porn sites led to many many spyware probs, tried
everything, need to delete windows and everything except vids, app installz,
pics etc.. i have 2 pc's problem pc is p4 3.2g w/ 200g sata hd other pc is a
p4 2.8g w/ 72g ata hd, reason i mention this is i have tried connecting 72g
to prob pc and set as primary but every time it starts to load windows (just
b4 splash "Loading......." pretty colors blah blah) it reboots my pc it loads
fine when the 200g is primary. !!!Please i need help !!! all i want is a
clean start
P.S. I dont have enuf DVD's to copy the stuff i dont want to lose (about 110
gigs worth) i only have 5 blank 4.8 g disks

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Have you tried using Safe Mode of Windows and trying to remove crudware? or Safe Mode with Networking?

Use a clean pc to download cleanup tools, put on CD or DVD, and use on infected machines.
I recommend an article at Aumha.org on ways to cleanup parasites.
Follow the quick-fix protocol.
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

 

[GTS]

Unless your reinstallation media is a vendor type with no other option, it
is not necessary to reformat to reinstall Windows, despite to the
horrendously common bad advice to the contrary.

 

[Lirathal]

The problem with this is that when you do an in-place upgrade as I believe
you are suggesting, it uses the existing registry and will just keep all the
malware and problems this user is experienceing.

My advice? Spend a few buck, buy a 160GB drive, a USB 2.0 enclosure and back
the stuff up. Format, reinstall, copy the information back.

I think everyone should have a backup procedure for whatever data they want
to keep. Honestly OsmosisJones what would you have done if your hard drive
crashed and lost all your data? Make the other hard drive part of your back
up routine.

Nathan

 

[GTS]

No, I wasn't suggesting an in place upgrade.
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The problem with this is that when you do an in-place upgrade as I believe
you are suggesting, it uses the existing registry and will just keep all
the malware and problems this user is experienceing.

My advice? Spend a few buck, buy a 160GB drive, a USB 2.0 enclosure and
back the stuff up. Format, reinstall, copy the information back.

I think everyone should have a backup procedure for whatever data they
want to keep. Honestly OsmosisJones what would you have done if your hard
drive crashed and lost all your data? Make the other hard drive part of
your back up routine.

Nathan