my spare hard disk drive

[GhostMjr]

One of my hard disk may potentually have a virus can someone test this hard drive for me at the lan on a pc if possible? as i have no way of testing it or formating it at home. You help will be rewarded by a few beers! I need the hard drive desperately as i have no storage space and so i do need the extra 160gb. Can someone help me? Cheers


GM

[tugs]

Do you just need it reformatting?

Or virus-checked?

[TeaLeaf]

Originally posted by GhostMjr@Apr 20 2005, 08:04 PM
I need the hard drive desperately as i have no storage space and so i do need the extra 160gb. Can someone help me? Cheers
GM

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Wet with anticipation is our GM.  Is that drool I see........?  

TL.

[A Twig]

I could - BUT I'm not going to the LAN    :narnar:

[GhostMjr]

Originally posted by tugs@Apr 20 2005, 08:20 PM
Do you just need it reformatting?

Or virus-checked?

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Both tugs if you can do it a beer or, your choice of drink is at state! I can't wait for the lan and yes tl i am drooling with anticipation;) :blush:

[tugs]

I'm happy enough to swap it in place of my 2nd drive, and do a Norton scan of it. But if you're reformatting it, it seems...pointless ;-)

I suppose I should ask, do you not have virus protection on your PC already then that you can use to scan it?!

[Blunt]

there's several beers to the person who can check if my old hd is ok or not....

and if you are perticularly thirsty, I'm sure I can find more for your elbow

[Liberator]

I have a USB2-IDE cable and power supply that I'll try and remember to bring along.

It should make things easier!  

[TeaLeaf]

Originally posted by tugs@Apr 20 2005, 10:31 PM
I suppose I should ask, do you not have virus protection on your PC already then that you can use to scan it?!

A most salient point.  GM, do you actually have AV software on your PC?  What's the problem with not virus scanning beforehand with your AV software?  Most IDE ribbons have a spare plug for a slave drive so I would have thought you could do this prior to the LAN, although as tugs says, if you're going to reformat it then just slot it into your PC as a slave and reformat it there?

TL.

[Gh0st Face Killah]

You really don't want to be infecting other people's PCs at the LAN, that would be very painful!!

[Gone_Away]

Originally posted by A Twig@Apr 20 2005, 08:36 PM
I could - BUT I'm not going to the LAN :narnar:

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Twig we all know you suck and you're too tight to "splash" out on the LAN but you don't have to continually publicly humiliate yourself like this..

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[DuVeL]

Originally posted by Ninja_Freak@Apr 21 2005, 12:00 PM
Twig we all know you suck and you're too tight to "splash" out on the LAN but you don't have to continually publicly humiliate yourself like this..

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I can't - but WOULD like go to the LAN

[GhostMjr]

Originally posted by TeaLeaf@Apr 21 2005, 12:15 AM
A most salient point. GM, do you actually have AV software on your PC? What's the problem with not virus scanning beforehand with your AV software? Most IDE ribbons have a spare plug for a slave drive so I would have thought you could do this prior to the LAN, although as tugs says, if you're going to reformat it then just slot it into your PC as a slave and reformat it there?

TL.

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I was mainly worried i would infect others as GFK mentioned above. I can confirm i put the drive in my pc and is all ok now! LAst time i used it had a virus on it which seems to have gone after formatting it! I have an aniti virus and have checked it

Thanks

GM