How do I reformat Acer laptop c drive?
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Hello,
My Acer laptop has a virus in the CSRSS & Winlogon Windows files and I have tried everything to rectify it; Spybot, Malwarebytes etc. They have found and cleaned lots of stuff but the Windows files are still corrupted. I have restored factory settings a couple of times but rogue Windows files are still there. I have been told that I should reformat the C drive as the virus is probably stopping the corrupt Windows files being overwritten. I have recovery disks but cannot format the c drive, can anybody help please?
My Acer laptop has a virus in the CSRSS & Winlogon Windows files and I have tried everything to rectify it; Spybot, Malwarebytes etc. They have found and cleaned lots of stuff but the Windows files are still corrupted. I have restored factory settings a couple of times but rogue Windows files are still there. I have been told that I should reformat the C drive as the virus is probably stopping the corrupt Windows files being overwritten. I have recovery disks but cannot format the c drive, can anybody help please?
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The Acer one should be okay.
You might want to zero out the Windows partition before reinstalling the Operating System.
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You might want to zero out the Windows partition before reinstalling the Operating System.
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Thanks evngugg.
I have done that and it worked. The computer is now virus free and running far quicker than it has done for a while. Just one problem, I have lost the D drive. I can't see it in windows but can on killdisk; it states that the drive is inactive. How do I reactivate the disk? I'm not sure if the data has been deleted.
I have done that and it worked. The computer is now virus free and running far quicker than it has done for a while. Just one problem, I have lost the D drive. I can't see it in windows but can on killdisk; it states that the drive is inactive. How do I reactivate the disk? I'm not sure if the data has been deleted.
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