I would try using "Fdisk" to see if there is a hidden partition and,
using Fdisk, eliminate that partition. Then there should only be one
partition left to format. Then reinstall XP.
Your previous format, although seemingly complete, would not have
included a hidden partition, if there is a hidden partition.
I hope this helps.
Tom
On 1/17/2013 12:05 PM, Jacob Smith wrote:
> I acquired an xp desktop with a virus that someone identified as "system
> tools" virus. I reinstalled XP from a cd, doing a complete reformat of the
> HD. when I was done there were two entries for XP in boot.ini; one of them
> pointed to a nonexistent partition, so i deleted it. I havn't been able to
> install google chrome or flash player.
> I've got three questions:
> 1: how did the boot.ini get two entries?
> 2: could it still have a virus?
> 3: if it does have a virus, how did it survive the reinstall?
>
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