I had three computers down at the same time. One had EQ on it and I was really in a panic. I called and got a price of $300.00 to fix one-I would have to mail it in and all that good stuff. Didn't like that so went on Craig's List to see about buying a used one and reloading whatever I could and restoring some of my data from backups. I found one and called the guy. I really lucked out. He said that all my data was still there and he would show me. Lugged three computers to the neighboring town and he showed me my stuff. I had him fix all three for $300.00.
Now, this is the important part. He put three partitions on my hard drive. 1 with the restored Windows. 2 with all my data and programs. 3 with a Windows Restore Backup.
Since then I have not had any virus issues on any of the computers. If I do, all I have to do is copy over the Windows Restore to the #1 partition.
I did have to make sure that my programs sent my data to the 2nd Partition each time. I did lose my EQ palettes and user made blocks which was my mistake since I didn't have him go deep enough into the program to save them before he wiped the computer.
And my web browser is Mozilla Firefox-much safer than Explorer.