Please help

[Dharmadhikari]

I am new to Linux and installed fedora 11 two months ago in dual boot. Today while downloading some software in Windows , I got some virus in it. Now Windows XP just hangs after dual boot. I am not able to use my windows installation cd to repair also. I tried various options in BIOS but it just does not boot with CD ROM. I am able to boot into Fedora right now.
How can I access windows files from Fedora. I want to uninstall some softwares in Windows. Can I do it from Linux/Fedora 11 ? I posted this message on fedora but no one replies

[reed9]

I don't think you can uninstall windows programs from your Fedora install, outside of manually deleting files, which is probably not a good idea.

Here is info on mounting windows partitions in Fedora.

You can scan your windows partitions with antivirus software from linux as well. I like clamav.

I assume clamav is in the Fedora repositories.

[Dharmadhikari]

Thanks a lot to you, I managed to do it somehow as you told me, (though I do not how it happened), but this incident has inspired me to learn Linux deeply.

[Lakshmipathi]

How can I access windows files from Fedora. I want to uninstall some softwares in Windows.

If you are using FAT/NTFS file system just mount it as mentioned in link provided by reed.

Then remove the unncessary files - Make sure you didn't remove necessary system files from windows.

I have used to remove some virus like this.

[Tsarevich]

Your problem is strange. Why don't you add Windows to your GRUB loader? If that is not the problem and your Windows has gone corrupted, then why are you uninstalling software from Windows? Is it the infected software that you want to remove? I don't suppose you can remove the virus from within Fedora. You have to log in to Windows first and run an antivirus.

[D-cat]

I don't suppose you can remove the virus from within Fedora.

Actually you can. After mounting the windows partition, there's a host of A/V utilities that run in Linux that can be used to search and quarantine the virus. ClamAV is most popular since it's free in all respects, but a free-use commercial solution like Avast4 might prove more effective.

Killing a Windows virus is actually a lot easier when Windows is not running, since then you know it's not sitting in memory waiting to respawn as soon as you close the AV program. Repairing the residual damage a virus caused can be another matter.

[serverman]

well because your new to linux I am going to give you the heads up so if it does come down to this you know. windows installer does not work with a linux partition on the hard drive so you have to remove your linux partition before the setup disk will work. hopefully you get your windows fixed threw linux. good luck.

[D-cat]

Wrong again.

Yes, Windows will nuke the boot loader after install replacing it with its own. This does not mean you have to remove your Linux partition first, just be aware that it will be inaccessible after a Windows install, a problem that is common and you can solve, sometimes automatically, with the SuperGRUB disc.

Okay, Windows will not install ON a Linux partition, but that's not the issue here. As long as there is a Windows partition, Windows doesn't care what else is on the drive.

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One scenario where serverman is correct: if you do not have an actual install disc but rather one of those "recovery disc"s that wipe your hard drive and replace it with the factory image... THEN you best have your Linux partition backed up first because it's about to go bye bye.