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The virus is on the hard drive so if you get a new hard drive the virus will be gone. A cheaper option would be to just reinstall the operating system though. (Vista, Win 7)

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Q: If my computer gets a virus can i buy a new hard drive and not worry about the virus and were do the virus go when you get one?
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