Hey! Thanks very much for the links! :D I'll definitely try out those programs. They look very helpful. I'm curious though...with the ClamWin program, if you have to double-click the .exe to start the program, won't the flash drive already be infected by then? :-S Or is it just assumed that the anti-virus program will be able to clean the flash drive after it's scanned?

Also, are you just angry when you say "Damn small linux...

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I've recently purchased an external hard drive case and a 160 GB hard drive to use for back-up and data transfer. I've made 3 partitions using the Computer Management program in Windows XP. I was wondering if there is any way to temporarily disable a partition so that it doesn't get infected with a virus because I want to use my external HDD to transfer data from my friends' computers, but here in the dorms not everyone is as...