Hi All,
I just got internet access to my computer (nice and gray Dell 8400) and I very quickly downloaded a worm/virus which has pretty much wrecked my computer. As my computer is new, I really don't have anything on it worth saving so I wanted to just reinstall my OS (windows XP home) and start again from scratch. Problem is, when I use my Windows restore CD, and I tell my computer to setup windows xp, it fails every time with a complaint that it can't find my hard drive. I have a perfectly fine hard drive, and diagnostics have told me that it is still perfectly functional. What could have happened and how can I get around this?
Eternally Grateful,
Ryan
PS-I have run updated Norton, Ad-Aware, and Spybot S&D many, many times...i think this bug is laughing at me.
I just got internet access to my computer (nice and gray Dell 8400) and I very quickly downloaded a worm/virus which has pretty much wrecked my computer. As my computer is new, I really don't have anything on it worth saving so I wanted to just reinstall my OS (windows XP home) and start again from scratch. Problem is, when I use my Windows restore CD, and I tell my computer to setup windows xp, it fails every time with a complaint that it can't find my hard drive. I have a perfectly fine hard drive, and diagnostics have told me that it is still perfectly functional. What could have happened and how can I get around this?
Eternally Grateful,
Ryan
PS-I have run updated Norton, Ad-Aware, and Spybot S&D many, many times...i think this bug is laughing at me.