irregularjoe Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) OK. The time has come to wipe my XP partition and reinstall. I picked up the Worm_Bagle.KO and I can't get rid of it. It's a virulent little ba$tard.I looked into removal tools, but they all seem as equally as taxing as just a clean installation and it's been probably 3 years since I last did it.I have two XP partitons. C contains Windows and Programs along with drivers etc. E contains all my data. I have a feeling the worm crossed over to E, so I'm formatting that also.Now I know to back up all the data, drivers, favorites, contacts. Did I forget anything?Thanks,JoeOh, I forgot to mention that I have a dual boot with Fedora on the infected computer. I'd like to keep Lixux where it is. Will that be a problem? I'm using Grub as the bootloader. Edited March 10, 2008 by irregularjoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deaf_girl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 My understanding with Linux is that it can't get infected with windows viruses. They are completely different formats.I have dual boot on my PC (Windows and Ubuntu) for about 8 months with no problems on the Linux side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Oh, I forgot to mention that I have a dual boot with Fedora on the infected computer. I'd like to keep Lixux where it is. Will that be a problem? I'm using Grub as the bootloader.Installing Windows will clobber the GRUB MBR if it's on the same drive. Keep a recovery disc handy and maybe jot down the contents of your /boot/grub/menu.lst. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well, I decided to delete all the partitions, including Linux, format, and start over.So far:Instaled XPInstalled the SP2 CD that M$ sent out about four years ago.Installed drivers.Just got online with Windows Updates. Now I'm downloading and installing the NINETY ONE critical updates still missing.If I get that done before I'm dead, the next step is AVG installation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I missed your birthday post, happy 100 :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I missed your birthday post, happy 100 :-)Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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