Virus on harddrive

[Nickyrash]

By formatting the hard disk can we remove complete virus from the system some of my friend told that it can not be removed.

[PeteG@Scan]

Depends on the virus. The use to be boot sector virus's years ago that involved a full low level format to fix but i've not seen one of those in years as most boards now have features in place to block them.

In 99.9% of all cases the best resolve for a virus infestation is to format it.

[Ben @ Scan]

Hi

In Windows 7 you can use the Diskmanagement tool to extend a Partition and therefore make it back into one, I have done this on a test rig here and it worked fine even on the C drive which is in use

Formatting doesnt always get rid of a virus if its a Boot sector Virus you are best deleting the Partition

Regards

Ben