If I keep my download folder in a different partition will this keep viruses out of my windows installation?
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If I keep my download folder in a different partition will this keep viruses out of my windows installation?
No. That won't help.
Just install a good virus-scanner.
I'll tell you if you explain to me exactly what this has to do with hardware ;)
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well its got something to do with harddrive partitioning.but the truth is im too sleepy to be safely computing and as a result I dont know what im doing. :unsure:
sorry :(
its related 2 computer so it shud have aomething 2 do wit hardware
maybe if the other partition is a completely foreign operating/file system which your main system doesn't recognize, you'd have less of a risk. i.e. a linux partition might be less vulnerable to a virus that's infecting your Windows partition. or a linux virus might have difficulty accessing a Windows NTFS partition because linux doesn't support NTFS access (usually not officially, anyway). but that's still a pretty big "maybe."
in plain terms, if your operating system can access a partition, an active virus probably can too. and any partition that your system can access is a place where a virus can begin infecting it.
what if the person is running 2 hard drives, one as a slave, and a master. Could the virus get to your other drive then? I've heard that only a well put out virus could do that.
A virus can easily infect the partition on which Windows runs. No matter if you run the virus from a different partition or disk.
If you can run the virus, then it can infect your computer.
wot if the drive isnt accesable by the user (no permission)???
guess it wot jump over then, but not sure.........
I am sorry, dude, but here are some Windows basics okay:
If you get a virus, you must quickly reformat. What you should do (while you still can) is transfer your important files onto CD's. Just make sure that you are only transferring NON executables...