i have a compaq that has a recovery partition.is it safe to scan that
partition for viruses?

The recovery partition is usually hidden and would have been virus checked
by compaq prior to install. I have an imaged copy of my system (imaged by
myself, not the pc manufacturer) and this is regularly checked by my Sophos
Anti Virus. In actual fact my system has 6 partitions, 3 of which contain
operating systems and Sophos (which is the main anti virus on my Windows XP
Partition) scans all 6 partition during its routine scan. The same goes for
AVG on my XP Home partition. When i am using XP Home the AVG also scans all
6 partitions.
I would imagine, therefore, that your anti virus software is/has already
been scanning the recovery partition for some time.

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"edgarperrito" <edgarperrito@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have a compaq that has a recovery partition.is it safe to scan that
> partition for viruses?

edgarperrito wrote:

> i have a compaq that has a recovery partition.is it safe to scan that
> partition for viruses?

Yes. It's safe to scan *anything* on your computer.

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=?Utf-8?B?ZWRnYXJwZXJyaXRv?= wrote:
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> i have a compaq that has a recovery partition.is it safe to scan that
> partition for viruses?

Yes, assuming your anti-virus doesn't tag old files as trojans/etc.


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