Virus Schmirus

[RF]

One of the lovely virii infected my C drive when I had
Win98. I tried to install Norton but it wouldn't allow
it. Simultaneously, I was upgrading to DSL, which didn't
work well with 98, so I upgraded also to XP. Said virus
decided to tag along. The story of frustration is too
long, but the Reader's Digest version is that I installed
a new, bigger HD (F/G/H), installed XP on it and disabled
the C drive.
Granted, I'm no propeller head, but I tried anyway to
make the F drive my new main drive, which setup wouldn't
do. Then I tried to physiclly remove the cancer-ridden C
drive, but then the computer won't boot.
Can I amputate the sick C or should I get a stick of
dynamite and put it out of my misery?
r

 

[Devorah]

"I tried anyway to make the F drive my new main drive"
What exactly did you do?
What did you change in the BIOS, etc.?
Let us know.

 

[Malke]

"I tried anyway to make the F drive my new main drive"
What exactly did you do?
What did you change in the BIOS, etc.?
Let us know.

Shut down the computer. Remove the old "C:" drive and make the new drive
master, being sure it is on ide0 connector/cable and jumpered
correctly. Now you have a choice. Either do a repair install (put your
XP cd in the drive, boot from it, and choose "install" and then
"repair") or just do a clean install so that your new drive will be
"C:" - I would do the latter.

Malke

 

[Peter Hutchison]

One of the lovely virii infected my C drive when I had
Win98. I tried to install Norton but it wouldn't allow
it. Simultaneously, I was upgrading to DSL, which didn't
work well with 98, so I upgraded also to XP. Said virus
decided to tag along. The story of frustration is too
long, but the Reader's Digest version is that I installed
a new, bigger HD (F/G/H), installed XP on it and disabled
the C drive.
Granted, I'm no propeller head, but I tried anyway to
make the F drive my new main drive, which setup wouldn't
do. Then I tried to physiclly remove the cancer-ridden C
drive, but then the computer won't boot.
Can I amputate the sick C or should I get a stick of
dynamite and put it out of my misery?
r

Run FDISK and delete all the partitions and start again.

(back up any data, email first)

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
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