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Running Windows on your Mac
What's the best course of action here?
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<blockquote data-quote="joey3" data-source="post: 803244" data-attributes="member: 86768"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I currently have Windows XP installed on my Mac and I plan to remove it. I'm getting ready to upgrade and I'm going to give my current computer to a relative. My question is two parts:</p><p></p><p>1. If any virus is on XP, once I uninstall the XP partition, can the virus affect my Mac? I'm not sure if I have a virus - should I do a scan to be sure before I remove XP? I don't have virus protection on XP as I rarely use it for the Internet but I realize I could still be infected. </p><p></p><p>2. If I perform a secure empty trash on my Mac after removing the XP partition, will that delete the hard drive files that were previously on the XP side, too? Or should I wipe the XP Partition separately first?</p><p></p><p>I hope my questions made some sense. I'm not very technical. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Confused.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Confused:" title="Confused :Confused:" data-shortname=":Confused:" /> </p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joey3, post: 803244, member: 86768"] Hello, I currently have Windows XP installed on my Mac and I plan to remove it. I'm getting ready to upgrade and I'm going to give my current computer to a relative. My question is two parts: 1. If any virus is on XP, once I uninstall the XP partition, can the virus affect my Mac? I'm not sure if I have a virus - should I do a scan to be sure before I remove XP? I don't have virus protection on XP as I rarely use it for the Internet but I realize I could still be infected. 2. If I perform a secure empty trash on my Mac after removing the XP partition, will that delete the hard drive files that were previously on the XP side, too? Or should I wipe the XP Partition separately first? I hope my questions made some sense. I'm not very technical. :Confused: Thank you in advance! [/QUOTE]
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