Reinstalling Windows 2000

[trillscout]

I recently found viruses that have been hiding in my comp
since May. Around the same time I got a firewall but not soon
enough

Anyways I have to drives 80gig WD 60gig Maxtor
I have windows installed on one alone.

Does that mean if I reinstalled windows my other slave drive
will be left alone? As far as being able to keep my files?

[james_bond_rulez]

make a ghost image of ur hdd

norton ghost 2k3

[muchspl2]

firewall only keeps out others and worms, not virii


have you got a anti virus? http://www.grisoft.com still have a free version


if you remove them you could keep everything

[trillscout]

Originally posted by muchspl2@23 November 2003 - 23:29
firewall only keeps out others and worms, not virii


have you got a anti virus? http://www.grisoft.com still have a free version


if you remove them you could keep everything

I got AVG 7

which found STDe9 which has been in my cmp since may(checked properties)
so who knows what else it has changed in my reg

weird thing is AVG 6 and norton didn't spot it.

so there's no need to start fresh?

TO james:

Norton ghost makes images of HDD but where to u store them if I'm reformatting
I don't think hdd will fit on CD's and I don't want to use 20 CDs

[muchspl2]

its just a back door trojan
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyc...D.BI.DR&VSect=T


as long as you got rid of it your fine, no need to reformate

[Marius24]

yeah the trojan wont do anything, just clear it and your fine

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by trillscout+23 November 2003 - 23:57--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (trillscout @ 23 November 2003 - 23:57)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-muchspl2@23 November 2003 - 23:29
firewall only keeps out others and worms, not virii


have you got a anti virus? http://www.grisoft.com still have a free version


if you remove them you could keep everything

I got AVG 7

which found STDe9 which has been in my cmp since may(checked properties)
so who knows what else it has changed in my reg

weird thing is AVG 6 and norton didn&#39;t spot it.

so there&#39;s no need to start fresh?

TO james:

Norton ghost makes images of HDD but where to u store them if I&#39;m reformatting
I don&#39;t think hdd will fit on CD&#39;s and I don&#39;t want to use 20 CDs [/b][/quote]
you dont have to make 20 cds, this is where a backup hdd comes in handy. if you wanna backup valuable stuff while u do the reformating it&#39;s quite useful, just in case something goes wrong and you can recover the image

[trillscout]

thx a bundle 2 everyone&#39;s advice