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Format/re-install Vista

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Name: Fr0z3n
Date: August 20, 2008 at 21:44:29 Pacific
Subject: Format/re-install Vista
OS: Vista
CPU/Ram: 1024
Model/Manufacturer: Toshiba
Comment:

Howzit all,

I would like to format/re-install Vista, due to a virus I received. The repeated error message I get now, after the whole virus ordeal is - Physical Memory Dump.

This renders me unable to make any back-ups, recovery disks or copy my drivers over to a CD. As soon as the notebook starts-up, probably within 10s, the blue screen pops up - PMD (physical memory dump).

It is also a pre-installed Vista with drivers etc…

Any advice in this regard? Example what process I must select during start-up with a Vista CD, options to choose… Can I remove the partition on the HD when I reinstall vista?

Thanks guys!


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