Re: Master Boot Record

Rhesa Davis (rdaviskc@pei.edu)
Sat, 9 Mar 1996 14:05:28 EST

Bryon You may have one of the virus types that even if you do f-disk and
format hides in the partion table. A good program for locating and
cleaning is F-prot. It is a shareware program. I found that it did what
the copy of McAfee's I had didn't do. It cleaned the virus. I am not
sure where on the net you can find it because a friend of mine had pulled
it down to clean his machine; maybe someone else will have that information.

Good Luck

Rhesa Davis
Rdaviskc@cyclops.pei.edu
Van Horn Engineering & Technology High School
Independence Mo 64053

On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Bryon Phinney <bphinney@walnut.holli.com> wrote:
>I think I have a virus problem that affects the master boot record. The
>computer works fine one day and the next it gives a "non-system disk or disk
>error" I run fdisk to view partitions and it is scrambled. Once this happens
>the only solution I have found is to run "fdisk /mbr"
>
>I have tried to just re-partition the drive then format /s but it still won't
>boot.
>
>What can anyone tell me about the master boot record. What does it do exactly.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good virus protection program. One that I can take
>around on diskette from machine to machine (not having to load it to the HD).
>
>How about a disaster recovery program to get the information off an HD that
> does not look partitioned or has been re-partitioned