Thread: Virgin Media Internet Security
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Old 06-05-2011, 22:23   #21
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Re: Virgin Media Internet Security
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Originally Posted by roughbeast View Post
A simple reformat deleting partitions will not get rid of boot sector viruses, especially where folk have hidden boot sectors and the like; the sort that some pre installed versions of Windows have from companies like Dell. Fdisk / mbr followed by a complete reformat will totally wipe a disc.
Deleting the partitions will remove everything .. as the pre installed windows will be on a partition ..
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