reinstalling XP

[Mayfriday0529]

Going to reinstall XP because of a virus, if i just reformat hard drive with partition magic would that really clear any virus or should i also reformat the master boot record?

if yes whats the way to reformat the master boot record

 

[cyberphant0m]

You should check the Hard drive manufacturer's website. They usually have tools that will boot into a DOS-ish environment, and let you perform the operations... check you hard drive's label for the manufacturer's web site.

 

[Raincity]

You can do all this from the recovery console after booting off a Win XP cd.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Raincity
You can do all this from the recovery console after booting off a Win XP cd.

I can format fromt he Windows XP CD, but does that clean the master boot record?

Using the manufacture CD, do i have to do a low level format which could take lots of time?

 

[Raincity]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: Raincity
You can do all this from the recovery console after booting off a Win XP cd.

I can format fromt he Windows XP CD, but does that clean the master boot record?

Using the manufacture CD, do i have to do a low level format which could take lots of time?

FIXMBR from the repair console command line. I dont know about your utility disc that was included with your hardrive since I never use them and toss them in the trash when unpacking the drive.

 

[Granorense]

fdisk and then format C: should take care of your problem.