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by red dragoon

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One of my client's computers got slammed with the Elkern virus. It wiped out almost all major system files such as rundll32.exe. Is there a way to extract them from the XP cd? I noticed that there did not appear to be any cab files on the cd. I did try booting to the cd and running the setup program again, but that didn't help.

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by thechas

Running setup should have replaced or repaired the installation.

Are you sure that the virus is indeed gone?

I recommend backing up the clients files, delete ALL partitions, and start over with a clean drive.

You may need to call Microsoft to re-activate XP, but since the hardware signature is the same, that will not be a problem.

Chas

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