Recovery CDs

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Question. I've pretty much decided to run my recovery CDs to get rid of about
5 virouses that are on my PC since nobody's anti-virus software will install.
My question is the computer manual states there are 3 options when doing this.
1. "Default system drive recovery" (recommended) This deletes all data on
Drive 'C'. 2. "Change partition size and recover". 3. "Factory default
settings recovery". #3 deletes all data on drives C&D. Since online virus
scans have indicated that the files containing the virouses are all in drive
'C' can I get away with choosing option #1?
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
SAIL LOCO said:
Question. I've pretty much decided to run my recovery CDs to get rid of about
5 virouses that are on my PC since nobody's anti-virus software will install.
My question is the computer manual states there are 3 options when doing this.
1. "Default system drive recovery" (recommended) This deletes all data on
Drive 'C'. 2. "Change partition size and recover". 3. "Factory default
settings recovery". #3 deletes all data on drives C&D. Since online virus
scans have indicated that the files containing the virouses are all in drive
'C' can I get away with choosing option #1?
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
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Why don't make a PE-Builder cd on a virusfree computer and scan yours and
save all the stuff?

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
 
<<<Why don't make a PE-Builder cd on a virusfree computer and scan yours and
save all the stuff?>>>>

Thanks for the tip. What exactly would PE-Builder do for me? Does it get rid
of infected files?
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
SAIL LOCO said:
<<<Why don't make a PE-Builder cd on a virusfree computer and scan yours and
save all the stuff?>>>>

Thanks for the tip. What exactly would PE-Builder do for me? Does it get rid
of infected files?
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
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Read on their site, I have a PE boot cd with 3 virus scanners , McAfee
Stinger,network,MS I explorer,lots of testing programs, browsers,
filebrowsers, Ad-Aware, The McAfee Virusscan for DOS is also updated in ti
RAM.
Can access NTFS / FAT32 partitions.
Just make a cd and boot from it.
 
Are you saying that I can make a boot CD with an anti virus program on it and I
can boot up from that CD and the anti virus program will run and delete the
viruses from my computer? Why would anyone run recovery CDs? Is there a
downside? Thanks.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
SAIL LOCO said:
Are you saying that I can make a boot CD with an anti virus program on it and I
can boot up from that CD and the anti virus program will run and delete the
viruses from my computer? Why would anyone run recovery CDs? Is there a
downside? Thanks.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
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Why not, it's a great chance to save your system and not loose anything.
Just follow the instructions from pe-builder.
If you run the windows recovery cd it just fix the windows files missing or
corrupt.
And the virus still be there.

But if you boot from a boot-cd the viruses or trojans are not activated and
you can get rid of them from the scanners running from the boot-cd.
 
<<<If you run the windows recovery cd it just fix the windows files missing or
corrupt. And the virus still be there.>>>

Well that's not true. If I run the recovery CDs they delete everything on
the hard drive INCLUDING the virus.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
SAIL LOCO said:
<<<If you run the windows recovery cd it just fix the windows files missing or
corrupt. And the virus still be there.>>>

Well that's not true. If I run the recovery CDs they delete everything on
the hard drive INCLUDING the virus.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
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Yes ok, but you still lose everything else. Don't just the virus.
 
SAIL LOCO said:
<<<If you run the windows recovery cd it just fix the windows files missing or
corrupt. And the virus still be there.>>>

Well that's not true. If I run the recovery CDs they delete everything on
the hard drive INCLUDING the virus.
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Sounds like restore not recovery. Restore usually means restore to factory settings, and
recovery is less severe.
 
<<<Yes ok, but you still lose everything else. Don't just the virus.>>>>>

I had planned to back up things before I ran the recovery discs.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
<<<Sounds like restore not recovery. Restore usually means restore to factory
settings, and
recovery is less severe.>>>>

According to my manual I can choose to just delete everything on my 'C' drive
which is where the virouses are.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"
 
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