Buy an anti-virus product. Most will let you boot from the CD and will then check your harddrive. Make sure it says bootable on the box.
The booting of a computer is the re-starting of a computer
Booting the computer means starting it up or turning it on.
hemmm the virus sven and variants would boot up suddenly BUT the machine can be turned on again. Nothing can physically prevent your computer from turning on, but a virus could corrupt your operating system and prevent your computer from booting up.
its called a "boot-up"
Booting (also known as booting up) is the term used to describe the start up of a computer system when the power is switched on.
The process of starting a computer - from switching on, to being 'user ready' - is known as 'booting' or 'booting up'.
booting up POST, or Power On Self Test
Windows can't pick up any virus' hence why we have anti-virus, even if it could while any PC is booting it has a sequence, booting up different hardware then software at different points so it's possible it will boot up the floppy disk drive but not read it.
Richard Skrenta invented the first virus, the elk cloner. It was a software that scanned the disk drive and copied itself to anything put in the drive. It would cause your computer to show a short poem after booting up your computer 50 times.
"Booting."
COLD BOOT - Booting up from power off condition.WARM BOOT- Restarting the computer WITHOUT turning the power off.http://wiki.answers.com/What_is_the_difference_between_cold_and_warm_booting#ixzz18HVIBp79
turning on the computer, starting the computer, startup, or booting up the computer