virus's

[NoNameNoNumber]

hi, my other computer crashed out saying it was full of viruses so i ran loads of scans etc and deleted what i could and the rest were stored in the 'chest'.
then i formatted the hdd and reinstalled windows and now the computer wont work...
i can access the BIOS.
ive reset the CMOS
its the only hdd for the computer
question is, can the virus have gotten any further than the hdd and still be within the comp. somewhere???
help much appreciated,
luke

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

fails to boot.
inserted formatted drive and windows xp disc and said there was a boot error insert system disk etc. did that , and nothing.
so i took the formatted drive and plugged it into my pc and installed xp on it, all went fine. then plugged the same drive into the plagued pc and it said there was a boot error insert system disk again...

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

its primary boot device is the hdd (only 1)
but it still says insert system disk,
when xp disc is put in it doestnt do anything so then i set primary boot device to cd drive then secondary to hdd and still nothing...
is there anywhere the virus could be other than the hdd???

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

it worked before though...

hmmm