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Originally Posted by Saphire
Would I have to totally re-install everything or would or would the new install recognize all programs.
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I'm afraid a new install would need you to reinstall all your software as new, windows will not associate with any previous software installs. You need to do a complete format to be sure you removed everything before re-installing Windows XP. However, if you have more than 1 hard drive in your computer, (not separate partitions on the same drive), then you can locate all your personal files and photo's etc on the spare drive. Make sure you backup your e-mail cache also, you can sift through these later without accessing them.
Don't chance a repair, you'll never be sure you totally cleared the trojan / malware / spyware / virus etc.
nirofo.