Sounds like a faulty disk to me. See if you can get hold of some diagnostic tools from the disk manufacturer - they usually haver some low-level testing tools that customers can use for RMAs. The manufacturer website should have details. If you've formatted (and presumably repartitioned) the Win2K disk, the likelihood of a virus is fairly remote - but you're running up-to-date antivirus software, right? And the system should be patched to the latest service pack and patch-level (as should be the case with any OS, not just Windows). Alan Crowe NT Systems Manager Shell Information Technology International Ltd. Seafield House, Hill of Rubislaw Aberdeen. AB15 6GZ. Tel.: +44 (0) 1224 81 8489 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 81 7516 Mobile: +44 (0) 780 240 6942 Email: Alan.X.Crowe@is.shell.com -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Naugle [mailto:drchuckn@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:48 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] virus cure-low level format? I am utilizing a dual boot system with win2000 on the primary drive and SuSe8.2 on the slave. I believe that my windows system has a virus that is damaging my Linux drive. I have formatted the primary drive several times using the M$ install disks and within a few minutes of use the M$ drive slows to a crawl. I have also formatted and reinstalled Suse. Once i reboot and utilize SuSe the root system appears to have been damaged which causes a reduced performance. All hardware except the hard drives is new and has been tested 4x for problems at a reliable shop... the tech stated that the primary drive appears to have a problem with data loss(he had trouble loading drivers on the M$ drive). All other hardware appears normal to extensive tests. Dose Suse have a disc scan program? Can i perform a low level format using Suse? Any suggestions? Note: Suse performance does not degrade unless i boot into Windoze (i foolishly tried to download M$ patches). I am not a programmer and have not been able to check the data base to see if these questions have been asked before. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chuck __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com