Heya Peeps, If i know my old HDD has a virus on.. and i connect it to my new PC via a USB HDD Caddy.. will it infect my new HDD? I am using McAfee AntiVirus but i wanna format this HDD so i can use it as a backup drive.. any ideas? Regards, Rob.
well if you wana be real safe about it. just unplud the hard harddrive you got now then boot a bootable destro of likux and format it that way Not only is it not likely that the virus will get to linux it's dame impossable for ity to infect a pc without a harddrive it it. just my 2 Penny Idea
I recommend the following:- 1: Before you connect your USB drive, get one of the many tweaking progs for windows (a demo will do). 2: Use it to turn off the drive autoplay feature. If you want to recover the data already on the drive:- 3: Make sure your virus scanner is fully updated. 4: connect your USB drive, & run your virus scanner over it. If not:- 5: Format the USB drive. A virus cannot usually survive formatting.
Depends what virus is on it. Chances are you should be able to format without problems in the usual way.
Why not just make a bootable floppy with say seatools (or even better use "theultimate boot cd") and run a low level/0 fill format on the drive.... If you unplug the main one then theres no chance of cross contamination...
