Computer Messed Up! How to go about fixing it?

[hitman050]

Hi

My dad has been affected heavily by a number of viruses and malware. Now he's given me the responsibility to fix his computer. Now, I would like to ask a few questions?

First of all his root drive is only 6GB. Whats the best tool I can use to increase the partition size without losing data?

Now, which is the best way to clean his computer? Completely install a new version of XP, or try to fix it using different anti-virus softwares? If so, which software should I use?

 

[ambandla]

1) To repartition, use Partition magic 8

2) To fix virus issues, use Kaspersky antivirus. Boot into winxp safe mode and do a full scan.

 

[abhijangda]

Hey best way is to install a fresh copy of windows xp by formatting whole of the hdd. As some areas are left by av's even cleaning. If you don't want to install a fresh copy us good av to clean. Use more than one.

 

[ApoorvKhatreja]

To fix antiviruses, use Kaspersky 7 Beta. That way you can remove all the viruses for free. The beta has a free trial period of 91 days, and it is very fast and lightweight.

 

[Pragadheesh]

as abhijangda said , wen ur computer s totally infected wid viruses n stuffs its always better to format yo entire hd and install xp. also u can increase d size of ur root partition..

 

[Ihatemyself]

Dont use partition softwares..they are all messy..formatting is better option..
And as per antiviruses use AVG Free edition 7.5...Thats pretty good (also on system resources) ...plz dont mind but give a better thread title next time so that we can get better idea about ur problem