
Originally Posted by
fisnik
After getting a virus I thought it best to install xp again and format my drive. Went through the procedure and when I tried to delete the partition where my OS was I got a message saying I couldn't because system files were present. So I carried on thinking I could still delete the OS folder and then get prompted for formatting but again no luck. After deleting the OS folder the installation backs up all your files and programs and I got a new XP install but the virus is probably still here.
I even tried installing a second hard drive which i had laying around and ended formatting it and installing windows on it too but still can't format the old hard drive where the virus is. So now I got 2 drives each of them with a windows xp in it. So I though I'll completely remove the old hard drive and just keep the drive I added on, since it doesn't have a virus. I got a message saying: NTLDR is missing and it wouldn't boot into xp and won't boot from the XP CD either. So I'm stuck with using the original hard drive which is infected.
I know it's a bit long-winded but would really appriciate your help guys.
Thanks in advance.