Hey EFC thanks for the info,Heh yes i know about the imprtence of backups i actually had just told her after installing a new 200Gig hard drive that i recommend making a complete backup after she completes installing all her programs.

I thought about switching the drive to slave but i wanted to ask here first as i wasnt sure if the virus could somehow get onto the new main drive which would start the problem all over again.

I will attempot to give this a try first and if it fails i will try boot to linux.Also have another question.I have a version of linux called "Slax-Linux" that is a linus OS that boots from CD would this provide the same functions as "boot to linux" ?