reinstall windows 7

[dentist007]

i have an asus netbook which has a virus and does not respond well.i would like to reinstall windows 7 from an external drive using the microsoft disk.unfortunately,the netbbok will not read from the external drive
what should i do
i have googled possible answers which have not worked
any ideas....greatly appreciated

 

[just21]

install it from a usb stick, there are free utilities that will red the disc and put the software on the usb stick.

 

[dentist007]

thanks for that
have you got any names for the software ??

 

[rmorse]

Quote from dentist007:

i have an asus netbook which has a virus and does not respond well.i would like to reinstall windows 7 from an external drive using the microsoft disk.unfortunately,the netbbok will not read from the external drive
what should i do
i have googled possible answers which have not worked
any ideas....greatly appreciated

Before you do that, try COMBOFIX. This is a very powerful program that wipes out anything that even looks like a virus. I have a copy in my dropbox. THis is not a tool to be used unless other antivirus programs fail.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52727955/ComboFix.exe

http://www.combofix.org/

Good luck,

Bob

 

[just21]

Quote from dentist007:

thanks for that
have you got any names for the software ??

google it

 

[dentist007]

many thanks
i will try rmorse antivirus to see if i can get rid of the rubbish first
lmany thanks again

 

[vikana]

Another really good one is Microsoft's free stand-alone scanner and remover

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

Works extremely well, and is especially good at removing viruses.

On a different computer you download it to a USB stick or CD/DVD (that's my favorite as it won't get infected). Then run directly off CD/USB.

 

[dentist007]

well...so far, nothing works
the virus does not allow anything to load
the disk is partitioned with 70gig on the second partition..so i am quite happy to ditch the first partition...if that can be done
any ideas greatly appreciated

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from dentist007:

well...so far, nothing works
the virus does not allow anything to load
the disk is partitioned with 70gig on the second partition..so i am quite happy to ditch the first partition...if that can be done
any ideas greatly appreciated

Haven't used this myself, but users give it good reviews... and it has a free version.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

 

[Bolimomo]

How did Windows 7 come on that netbook? Does it have a recovery option? (e.g. for HP laptops or desktops, you can recover to factory default settings on Windows).