Re: External hard drive question..(how to)

BEFORE you transfer the files to the external drive you need to get rid of
the adware and spyware. As you probably already figured out.

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DaveW
"TD" <blah@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:_4nSe.23246$1g2.2222@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Need some help regarding the use of an external hd for transferring photos
> from my internal hd. My 30 GB laptop drive is almost full, with 2/3 of its
> volume taken up by image files. It's also pretty gummed up with adware,
> etc, making internet use a royal pain. My goal was to back up everything
> important onto disks, but it's a losing battle. I'd like to just transfer
> everything important to an external drive, then fdisk my internal drive,
> and set it up more like it should have been in the first place for
> blocking intrusions.
>
> My questions are these:
>
> 1. Does an external hd need any type of formatting before use, or is it
> just a plug-in-and-use situation?
> 2. Can viruses, adware, spyware, etc attach to image files (or any others
> like Word docs or vids for that matter) or otherwise migrate easily to a
> new drive?
> 3. If so, can that be prevented with a simple virus scan during transfer
> of important files?
> 4. Any recommendations for drive model?
>
> Sys specs:
> Dell Inspiron 8600, WinXP w/ SP2, 1.5GHz Pentium M, 512 MB RAM.
>
> Thanks for any help...
>
> TD
>


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