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Blek
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Damn virus
#5014959 - 12/04/05 06:27 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well I got a virus a while back and I had to reinstall XP and wipe my hard drive. I have all the software and stuff so it was no problem. Everything was fine and I got rid of the virus. A few weeks later, I accidentally got the same virus again (Don't ask) and had to do the same thing. Only this time I was rushing through the installation and somehow I installed windows XP twice on my computer or something. Not sure exactly what's going on, because when I was selecting the partition to install it on, I couldn't overwrite the first one because it said that the temporary installation files were located on that partition. The first time when I installed it I did it the same way with no problem though.
Now whenever I boot up my computer, It gives me 30 seconds to choose between "Windows XP Home Edition" and "Windows XP Home Edition." One leads to the desktop that I have been using, and the other is just an unused/fresh desktop with no software or files or anything on it.
Because of this, my comp has been running quite a bit slower than usual.
Help!
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RESTLESS
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Re: Damn virus [Re: Blek]
#5014983 - 12/04/05 06:33 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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How'd you download the same virus twice?
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ThePredator
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Re: Damn virus [Re: RESTLESS]
#5015769 - 12/04/05 10:01 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thier is no reason it should be making it slower, it just installed the second one on a second partition. This happens with screwy crappily made things, get linux instead.
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wilshire
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Re: Damn virus [Re: Blek]
#5016023 - 12/04/05 11:07 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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i'd help ya, but i've never done a windows installation.
and hopefully will never have to!
solve both problems!
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Blek
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Re: Damn virus [Re: wilshire]
#5017050 - 12/05/05 09:47 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think both are installed on the same partition. Nobody knows how to delete one of the Windows XP versions?
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supra
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Re: Damn virus [Re: Blek]
#5017141 - 12/05/05 10:27 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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just reformat the whole damn thing again and reinstall, if you format the entire drive first, it will be blank
peace
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drtyfrnk
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Re: Damn virus [Re: supra]
#5018556 - 12/05/05 03:53 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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This is only if it is the first option that loads you to your desktop, if not, I'll see if I can find out how to erase the other one.
Start -> control panel -> Performance and maintenance -> system -> advanced -> settings under startup and recovery -> Uncheck Display list of operating systems
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Blek
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Re: Damn virus [Re: drtyfrnk]
#5019657 - 12/05/05 07:53 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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How do I go about just wiping my hard drive clean? I don't want to go through the whole installation again and find out I can't overwrite the partition. I've been having some other problems which I shouldn't be having with this nice of comp.
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ThePredator
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Re: Damn virus [Re: Blek]
#5020368 - 12/05/05 09:58 PM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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linux.org suck it up and solve your prblems.
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compman
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start the windows installation again and re-format from there...or there may be an option to clear it in your BIOS...
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