I want to totally wipe everything off my PC because I can't figure out how to fix my virus. What do I do?

Insert a Windows/Linux Cd and format everything, then create new partitions.

Going with Denismage on this one delete the old partitions and create new one for windows. If you bought your PC from a manufacturer it is probably a restore CD and there is a recovery partition that takes about 10GB that is on your hard disk. I personally delete them because there a waste of space in my mind but there there so you can use there little features to restore with out using that disk. You can see if that partion in there and most likely you can restore with out a restore CD.

DBAN

 

 

 

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Alright...I suppose I shall give an explanation. Darik's Boot and Nuke, or in short, DBAN, is a HDD wiper that will completely and totally erase all contents of your hard drive. Everything, from the OS to the drivers to, well, anything else, will be erased. To be sure that everything is gone, run it 2-3 times. If you have the OS disc and all the other discs (for your various cards and parts), this is the best option IMO.

 

 

 

Just remember that you will need at least the OS disc, to reinstall windows. Else, use that OS disc to use the seriously flawed and non-thorough Windows Formatting.

I'm not trying to jack your thread, i just have the same problem. What happens if one were to lose the os discs? -.- Can you use one from a diffrent computer or is it protected?

As i a had said above alot of manufactures put a recovery partition on the hard disk its self. Which you will have to push a button usually an F key right after BIOS. This will allow you to boot off the recovery partition. If it isn't there you could torrent your operating system and use the key-code that came with your computer. Alternatively you could install a linux distro.