Tag: dos commands

Hidden hard drive virus fix

I have recently come across some computer infected with a virus that appears to wipe out the hard drives of a system.  In fact they are actually just hidden.  This command appears to fix it: attrib -h -r -s /s /d c:\*.*

Make a USB flash memory drive bootable

Prepare the USB drive to be bootable Insert drive Open an elevated Command Prompt Type “diskpart.exe” Type “list disk” and find the disk number Type “sel disk 1” (replace the “1” with the actual number) Type “clean” Type “cre par pri” Type “active” Type “format fs=ntfs quick” Type “assign” Type “exit”