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Originally Posted by ryanfx
For asking a legit question properly I'll subdue my troll side and let this one pass 
Malware, *could* potentially affect other mounted data devices on your machine. This can include network shares, USB drives, and internal drives.
Once you execute those files in the new OS it is quite possible to reinfect your machine.
**however** Spyware rarely does this - this behavior is much more common in worms rather than this obnoxious stuff like "Internet Security 2010"
I would recommend moving all of your data onto another drive, bring it up in your new OS (dont click on any files though!) and run a tool such as Malwarebytes on the entire drive.
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Thanks! I meant 1gig, but I was just utterly frustrated with this thing and made a typo.
That sounds like a plan then, I'll transfer everything over first, then run Malwarebytes on it to make sure nothing that transferred over is infected with anything. Then I'll probably wipe the other drive clean and just use it as extra storage.