Prepare in Advance for Clearing Windows XP Boot Sector Viruses

1. Download a good anti virus program. Whatever you use, be sure it is reputable.

2. Using the anti virus software, create an emergency disk. You will need a Windows boot disk for it. After creating the disk, keep it in a safe place.

3. If a boot virus enters your PC, do the following:

4. Reboot your computer.


Insert the emergency disk you created.
Boot your PC from CD. The emergency disk will automatically scan your PC without booting into Windows. This scan will remove every virus from your PC.