Reply #22: lol I caught that too. Was probably a misquote from the computer illiterate.

[chrisa]

All you have to do is make a backup windows thumb or external drive. You can be up and operational within an hour.

I've never heard of a virus toasting someone's hardware. Most viruses are those stupid fake anti-virus programs that try to get you to give them your credit information. You get them from malicious code in ad-banners created by scam companies oversees.