FromTheRafters wrote:
> "~BD~"<BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:JOSdndli_pDIk0HWnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> [...]
>
>> At that link it says - quote:-
>>
>> "When you run the fdisk command to create, delete, or change a
>> partition, all of the data on that partition is permanently deleted".
>>
>> I've always understood that to mean that any malware would be
>> destroyed too!
>
> Bad sectors (or sectors *marked* as bad) in this case might be
> considered "outside" any partition.
>
> [...]
>
>> That is my understanding too. My niggling concern has always been that
>> malware (call it what you will) might remain 'somewhere' within a box
>> ready to continue with it's malicious activity even though it's been
>> flattened and windows reinstalled (or even if a *new* hard disk has
>> been installed!).
>
> Warning - - an analogy follows:
>
> Some vaguely described monster has finally been *killed* by the monster
> hunter and you have an uneasy feeling that the monster can rise from the
> blood at the scene of the killing. Well, it ain't gonna happen, but when
> you asked an expert if an entity like that could be resurrected from its
> blood - he said yes and told you about DNA and sheep, cats, etc...
>
> The thing is, the expert wasn't asked if the entity could self-resurrect
> from the blood left behind after the killing of the monster.
>


You should try your hand at writing stories for children, FTR!