Windows Vista Want to start from scratch - reinstall Vista

I have been fighting some kind of virus for the past 2 months and I'm not winning. Plus, my computer is extremely slow, even if I only have IE running and nothing else.

I would like help saving the important files and just starting over. I have the Vista discs, but don't know how to go about it in the right manner.

Thanks in advance.

Here is a link to the malware thread where we tried to remove the issue but had no luck:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/malware-v...arch-results-being-redirected-ie-firefox.html

 

Hi Carab,
I take it that the important files you are talking about would be My Docs, ie: music, pictures, saved documents and saved downloaded programs?

If you have an external drive I would copy them to it or copy them to DVD, dvd holds more than cd, so if the option is to save to disc, then if you have a dvd drive that would be the way to go.

after you have copied all the files you want to keep, then insert the Vista disc (if multiple, disc 1) into the drive & reboot, follow the prompts for new installation, you will want to re-format the drive, so you will need to read as you go, before pressing any buttons, are the disc's rebuild or is it a genuine installation disc (multiple or single)?

These are the starting point

regards Jac