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Can you scan an infected hard drive by moving it to a different computer?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
although USB's can, hard drives can't
Oh heck ya,
if it's an internal HD then just buy a bare External HD "Enclosure", put the hard drive in it and hook it to the computer. Have the Anti-Virus scan the hard drive.
If it's an external HD, just plug it into another computer with the Anti-Virus software active.
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∙ 13y ago
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What is the different between copying and moving a file?
copying creates a duplicate, say you want a file on a flash drive and on your computer. moving does simply what it says: moves it. if you don't need the file on your computer but need it on a disk key, move it.
How do you get PC viruses?
PC viruses are usually 'contracted' from the internet - or by inserting an 'infected' disk into the computer's drive.
What do repair people do to get rid of computer viruses and spyware?
The exact procedure varies depending on the infection. Typically, the computer will be booted into safe mode, which prevents many kinds of malicious programs from running. It is then scanned using antivirus and antimalware software to detect and remove the malicious programs. In some cases, the computer may be so severely infected that this is not possible; as a last resort, files from the infected computer may be backed up to another drive, and the infected computer's hard drive will have to be erased. Then, Windows (or whatever operating system) is reinstalled on the drive. After the backed up files have been scanned on another computer to ensure there are no infected files in the backup, they can be replaced onto the clean computer. (If the files in the backup are damaged or infected and cannot be fixed, those files will also have to be deleted.)
When i plug in my hardrive an icon doesn't show in my computer Why?
There are only three reasons that I know of. The first is: the hard-drive has to much memory for the computer to handle. The second is: The hard-drive and/or your computer in infected with a virus. The third is: The hard-drive is fairly new, while the computer is fairly old. I hope these helped!
Which component is most likely to damage when Moving a desktop computer with the power on?
hard drive
Do External and removable hard disks share a drive with multiple computers?
I presume you are asking if you can use an external drive on different computers? The simple answer is yes but you can't install programs on the external drive to run on other computers (except the one it was installed on), this is because programs spread themselves in different parts of the computer, so bits of the programs would be missing if you tried to run it on another computer. Other than this the only problem is viruses which can be transmitted through infected files if you aren't careful where you plug in. NOTE the external drive "could /will" change its drive letter depending how many drives are on the host computer this isn't a problem! just be ready to look for your files in a different labelled drive in "My Computer" (presuming you are using a windows computer)
How do you connect a different computer to computer drive?
Networking. You can network 2 computers together, and share the contents of the drive.
How can one upload a file onto a computer?
Generally, 'uploading' is used for moving a file from one computer to another (often through a storage device) or from a computer to the Internet, while 'downloading' refers to getting a file from the Internet or a network and putting it onto a computer. Uploading is easily accomplished by hooking up a storage device to a computer (like a flash drive or external hard drive), opening the list of files on the drive, and copying or moving files from the drive to the computer.
If you connect your USB memory stick to your college network which is infected with Conficker and then plug it into your home computer will it infect your home computer with Conficker?
Yes, it will and then you will have to format your entire drive.
How do you save a picture on a computer and open it on a different computer?
Easy! get a flash-drive, save it, and load it on another computer. P.S get flash-drive from Staples.
What is the Weegee virus?
When weegee takes over your computer. When your computer gets infected with it, a picture of Luigi from the Mario bros video games appears and starts formatting your disk drive.
Your computer shows your pen drive as disk drive?
That is the expected behavior. Most storage devices on a computer are disks, therefore it will refer to any storage device as a "disk", even if it has no moving parts.
