Is there some reason you're not running a scan from the laptop? Would
an online scan work? Most laptop disks are pretty easy to remove and
I'd say that's your best bet.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What's the easiest/best way to run an antivirus scan on a laptop (XP) from
> my home desktop (W7 ultimate)?
>
> Would a USB transfer cable do it?
>
> Normally, with 2 desktops, I just remove the hard drive from the bad
> computer and plug it into my own desktop, then run the scans from there.
> That way, Windows is not open on the bad hard drive so that any viruses
> cannot protect themselves.
>
> But it's not so easy on a laptop. Although I have a laptop HD to desktop
> converter plug, I dislike trying to remove a hard drive from a laptop---I'd
> rather do brain surgery or rocket science. And it doesn't always work
> anyway.
>
> Don Penlington
>
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