System Recovery?
Posted by benny in FreeWare on July 2nd, 2009 | 3 responses
I’ve used Windows XP System Recovery about 2 or 3 times now in destructive mode to completely clean my computer. Its a real pain downloading all the softwares again, all just to totally clean my hard drive. But does it REALLY comepletly clean it out? After system recovery can you still recover the files from before the process?
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if u are doing a destructive recovery it completely wipes out the drive it brings the computer back to factory defaults so u cant retrieve any lost data
You could save the needed files to an external hard drive and then reload them afterwards if need be. There is still the chance that malware could be hidden in the saved files though.
It depends on what you mean by “completely cleans it out”
If you mean you want to ensure that your data has been completely wiped so that a forensic analysis cannot carve out deleted data… then no… you would need to run a secure wipe ONCE over the drive to ensure it is “cleaned”.
If you mean you were infected with malware and want to be sure that the malware is gone and cannot figure out why you’ve had to do this 2-3 times… then the answer is simple…
“the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.”
Invest in a PROPER security SUITE (antivirus, firewall, antispyware, etc) from one RELIABLE vendor (like McAfee or even Norton) and ensure it is properly configured and completely up to date…
When you format and reinstall windows you should first and foremost install proper security as described above and then immediately run windows updates until they are all installed, rebooting as necessary…
if you are continuing to restore the same infected files or you are continuing to use inadequate security (like freeware crap) then you are simply banging your head against a wall and not learning from it.
While there certainly is the rare virus that infects ram… believe me, you don’t have it.
Good Luck