# Virus over two drives

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 8, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275 "2004-08-08T14:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![hsadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@hsadan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hsadan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/1 "2004-08-08T14:33:55Z")

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Just a quick question…

Is it possible for a virus to spread to another drive?

In other words, is it safe to say that my backup drive is safe from any virus that has manifested my primary drive?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/2 "2004-08-08T14:39:04Z")

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I dont know…  
But I think the second drive isnt infected…

Just a guess…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/3 "2004-08-08T15:47:31Z")

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Depends on the virus and whether Windows has the backup drive mounted (as in, can you access it by a letter like C:\ or D:) - but in general, yes, a virus can spread across drives.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/4 "2004-08-08T15:57:10Z")

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aw ok. was thinking of partitioning my drives so that if the primary ever gets infected, I could simply format (if it ever comes down to that) the infected drive alone.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/5 "2004-08-09T16:22:48Z")

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That’s exactly what I do. I store all my work files on my partitioned (D:) and just install programs on C. Now, whenever I get a virus, without hesitation, I format C with only minor backups. So far, I haven’t met a virus that spreaded to D or E, but it doesn’t hurt to scan it just in a longer interval.

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/6 "2004-08-09T16:28:18Z")

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as nj said it depends on the virus -

for the most part partitioning would help a little, but then again there are viruses that can infect the boot sector -

it’s a good safety measure overall, just another step of prevention

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/virus-over-two-drives/60275/7 "2004-08-11T16:09:06Z")

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ok thanks a lot for the input, guess there’s no harm making an extra partition.