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On 7/11/2011 8:18 PM, Don Penlington wrote:
> What's the easiest/best way to run an antivirus scan on a laptop (XP)
> from my home desktop (W7 ultimate)?
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> Would a USB transfer cable do it?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Don Penlington
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