This is how you can defy popular belief that the only way to kill a rootkit is by formatting your drive and reinstalling Windows.. EDIT:. This process can NOT remove a BIOS rootkit. No software process that I know of can. If you think you have a BIOS rootkit, the only way to remove it is to replace the BIOS chip(s). This likely means getting a new motherboard.. Song:. Windows Dark Remix. By Grave-dig.