my hp contracted a viris and i have reset every thing back to normal but my c drive shows to be almost all used up but i hardly have any thing on it .. what whould be my best corse of action
2006-11-25 10:41:53 · 4 answers · asked by Dave 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It is possible that your old files have been retained. Poke around in the Folder "Documents and Settings" and see if there's any folders that are abnormally large. That's what happened when I had to do a wipe, and I was able to locate about 20 GBs that was being used because Windows made a backup of the files in an old account.
2006-11-25 10:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-26 01:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by MegaNerd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend getting a good anti-spyware program to scan your computer. In example AVG is pretty good. Some other good free anti spyware programs are Ad-Aware SE Personal, Avast Antivirus, Ewido Security Suite, CWS Shredder, Spysubtract, Norton Antivirus. You can find most of these programs on www.download.com or do a internet search for them. Good luck.
2006-11-25 18:49:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format and re-install windows. Also do not install Anti virus that runs in the back ground..
2006-11-25 19:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anointed71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋