ok so im almost posotive i have a virus on my comp even though i have mcafee and adaware it says i dont but i know i do. so i want to reformatt my laptop but i want to keep my pictures and music. will an external drive be best to transfer and clean my comp??
2007-12-19 13:22:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
yes. may i suggest that when you reformat, when it asks you if you want to make a new partition you say yes. save all your data in the partition that doesnt ahve the operating system in it, thenwhen u get the virus you wont have to lose data when reformating.
2007-12-19 13:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by michael n 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime the System restore will clean all the virus. Just do it first!
Control Panel->Performance and Maintenance->On the left you will see "System Restore"
Oh it should be in the Calssficated View, not Classic View!
2007-12-19 21:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Bill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes your best bet is external HDD or even flash drive (for smaller data size)
and fresh installation is the BEST solution for the virus/spyware removal.
2007-12-19 21:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by Vishal B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how much u have, if it;s a small amount just get a flach drive, but otherwise an exernal is best.... or if u have a DVD burner, do that, most black DVD's hold 4.7 gb of space
2007-12-19 21:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by SPCAnde 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-12-19 21:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by PETER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and if u want something small and portable check this out.
2007-12-19 21:31:39 · answer #6 · answered by seilathy123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that or dvd data discs
2007-12-19 21:25:23 · answer #7 · answered by mitch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋