i have an asus netbook which has a virus and does not respond well.i would like to reinstall windows 7 from an external drive using the microsoft disk.unfortunately,the netbbok will not read from the external drive what should i do i have googled possible answers which have not worked any ideas....greatly appreciated
install it from a usb stick, there are free utilities that will red the disc and put the software on the usb stick.
Before you do that, try COMBOFIX. This is a very powerful program that wipes out anything that even looks like a virus. I have a copy in my dropbox. THis is not a tool to be used unless other antivirus programs fail. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52727955/ComboFix.exe http://www.combofix.org/ Good luck, Bob
many thanks i will try rmorse antivirus to see if i can get rid of the rubbish first lmany thanks again
Another really good one is Microsoft's free stand-alone scanner and remover http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx Works extremely well, and is especially good at removing viruses. On a different computer you download it to a USB stick or CD/DVD (that's my favorite as it won't get infected). Then run directly off CD/USB.
well...so far, nothing works the virus does not allow anything to load the disk is partitioned with 70gig on the second partition..so i am quite happy to ditch the first partition...if that can be done any ideas greatly appreciated
Haven't used this myself, but users give it good reviews... and it has a free version. http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
How did Windows 7 come on that netbook? Does it have a recovery option? (e.g. for HP laptops or desktops, you can recover to factory default settings on Windows).