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Old 05-27-2007, 08:02 PM
BillNye BillNye is offline
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Default Re: 2p2er Viruses me, o noes now what?

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having a professional look at your pc is a waste, unless you know him personally = free. Seriously reformatting is so easy. Also what is the point at having him look at your pc, hes gonna reformat anyways. So even if you did find out you had a bad virus dosnt matter. Its just an added expense.

Save your [censored] to a disk drive or w/e. Print off the windows xp or w/e instructions for reformatting, follow them. It is honestly the easiest thing to do, I have done it twice and plan on doing it before a new PC game that Im gonna buy comes out cuz A) its simple B) it removes all viruses C) it speeds your pc way up.

Edit: last time I checked all you do for windows xp is hold down f11 (or a key like that) while your pc is booting up and it brings up a window about reformatting, 2hrs later brand new pc.

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awesome, thanks

what about saving certain files- mostly music files?

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Put the music onto your ipod. You can save any necessary files, if you dont have one I would prob buy a usb portable memory thingy (cant think of the name for the life of me). I use mine weekly, and they are 20ish, far cheaper than getting somebody to reformat your pc for you.