We just got our computer back from repair. They had to restore it. Of course the daughter downloaded a bunch of crap on the newly restored computer BEFORE we got anti-spyware and antivirus up and running.
I’m thinking; screw it. We’ll just start from scratch again. I’ve never “restored” a computer.
Is it as easy as putting the restore disk in and hitting go?
Will this effectively solve the problem and get rid of all the spyware/virus stuff she put on it?
Answers ASAP will be appreciated, before I go home from work…thanks
Some restore disks have a partial and complete restore. In your case, you want the drastic, start-from-scratch version which should include a format. It will return the system to the way it was when you first purchased it, which means the original operating system and files supplied by the manufacturer.
If you choose a partial restore, you won’t have a guaranteed clean start.
Anything you had on it before such as upgrades, drivers and application programs will have to be individually loaded by you.
Generally, yes, but with my SATA drives I’ve found that I need a floppy with a driver in order to format (downloaded from the maker of my motherboard)–otherwise, Windows tells me that there’s no harddrive in the system.