i installed my windows xp on my C drive, does that mean i can delete everything in Drive? it has the same files and stuff as the c drive. i want to deletel everything in its program files and stuff.
will it be ok? will the computer still function properly? cus i found so many virus (trojan horse) on d drive
2006-07-19 06:27:08 · 8 answers · asked by crispy chicken 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I agree with what first 2 people say but be carefull though, you may have programs installed on D: drive. If you format the drive you will ahve to reinstall those programs. What I would do in your place is I would change the drive letter (or remove the drive letter) first in disk management , restart the machine and see if everything works fine. If yes, you can format d:.
2006-07-19 06:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by Milu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing to bear in mind. A lot of trojans and spyware are in hidden files, so just going out and deleting files won't work unless you can delete and reformat the drive. Make sure there is absolutely nothing on the drive you need before doing that. Personally, I would first use somethjing like Spybot to clean your disk and remove and mal-ware.
good luck.
2006-07-19 13:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by ironbrew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u cannot delete bz as u said that u installed xp on C drive all the files of xp are stored on c drive or if u want to delete all things from c dive then format that drive and reinstall xp on C drive
2006-07-19 13:47:58 · answer #3 · answered by nishi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your XP installation (boot, system and program files) is in C drive, you can delete/format D: drive.
@ Deedee - how can you download XP if you format your computer? Think that.. :)
2006-07-19 17:30:08 · answer #4 · answered by jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first if you have a virus on your computer then first you need to format your computer and then download the window xp software.
after you download and instill your computer all of the old files will be gone.
2006-07-19 13:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your hard drive is partitioned and you windows exp is in your C:\ drive and your systems boots up using the C:\ drive you can do whatever you want in the D:\ drive. It's not a problem.
2006-07-19 13:31:27 · answer #6 · answered by Wibble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean D:\ drive, sure. Just format it in Disk Management and start over.
2006-07-19 13:29:38 · answer #7 · answered by EG345 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. As long as your computer is configured to boot from C: and as long as your apps, data, and internet and e-mail settings have been transferred already (without the virus).
2006-07-19 13:42:50 · answer #8 · answered by puppy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋