Diane,

You can try that but I have not had much success with that method.  I will
take just as long or longer to relink and replace all the data in the
registry as reinstalling the programs.  If you do it you can use Norton
System Works or some other program to relink the files but many programs
won't work without the correct info in the registry - hence you will have
to reinstall those. But reinstalling the operating system to a clean hard
disk is mandatory to fully fix the viral problems that were created.

John D.


At 02:24 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:
>I'm still having problems from the My Doom virus.  I've removed it from
>my system.
>
>My mouse doesn't work right.  Juno (my e-mail program) doesn't work
>right, though could be the modem.  But mostly, my HD doesn't work right.
>When I boot up, sometimes it either freezes after everything loads in
>Windows, or is busy after everything loads and I have to reboot.
>
>I'm running Win98se.
>
>I really don't want to reinstall everything.  What if I copy all my stuff
>from one HD to another one at a time, so my registry doesn't get copied?
>Then reinstall or put the disk in and "fix" the programs so they are in
>the registry.
>
>I've clone copied my HD to another HD and the backup is just as bad.  So
>that's not a solution.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Diane Kroeckel
>
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