Hard Drive Checking

[oligopoly]

Just ordered a new pc
My last one has died
I want to know where to take my current hard drives to get them scanned for viruses/errors and completely checked so i can use them safely in my new pc

Any ideas of where to go/how much it should cost??

[peanut]

I wouldn't pay a dime. Just put them in the new pc. The only thing affected by a virus is the hard drive. If your current hard drive has a virus the damage is probably already done. Why are you concerned about a virus anyway ? you do use antivirus software dont you ? Just put em in and run a virus scan yourself. Total cost is approximately $0.00

[oligopoly]

i thought i could remove aa virus (if i had one) from current 300gig hdd, then fit it to my new pc. i dont want the current hdd to fudge up the new pc.

id prefer the peace of mind to check current hdd with a specialist or whatever before i touch my new pc

[trevHCS]

You'd have to fit it to a computer somewhere to check for viruses, but as peanut mentioned, it won't do anything to your new computer even if it had a virus. Even the nasty ones only damage the data on the drive itself. Actually the CIH virus is an exception, but that only triggers on April 26 so you've got plenty of time to check for it.

If you really want to spend cash getting it checked, then any local computer shop should be able to do that, but considering most will charge �60/hour (in the UK) it'd be a lot cheaper just to make sure your anti-virus is upto date.