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Marc, if I were in your shoes I'd back up valuable data



I don't disagree with a reformat.It's an opportune time to get a fresh install.I wouldn't take that machine from XP to Win7x64 though.Not yet anyway.
What I wouldn't do though is back up the data on an infected machine and then reinstall it on a clean machine. There are some real nasty viruses that are know to corrupt EXE., like programs that you may have saved the EXE in a folder, files and when you go and reload these programs BANG back to square one.That's why it best to try and clean the thing as much as you can first or you've got to bite the bullet and reformat the drive without saving anything.And then you may not be good. It can be bad. Sorry.


John
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