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MG>Recently, I was asked to work on a new system for a relative. I loaded >up dos 6.22 and win 3.1 with a full standard configuration. Immediately aft >that, the 1.44 FDD stopped reading 1.44 and only acted as a 720. Around the >same time, I was trying to transfer files onto floppy from my system and t >started to chew up my disks. I was just wondering if there was anything tha >may be related to a virus. I have run a full system scan using Scan 3.0, >fprot 2.26 and tbav 7.07. Any help would be appreciated. >Contact would be appreciated at mgaulton@interlog.com or >mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca if at all possible. MG>... "Yes, I bet you have" - Han Solo >--- > * TLX v4.10 * MG>MAXX | mark.gaulton@sheridanc.on.ca & mgaulton@interlog.com MG>--- Yes there is a virus that does that. It damages every 3.5 disk stuck in the infected computer. The read/write pins dig into the disk..... isspelled? Impossible. My modem is error correcting. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/5 ---------------> * Origin: Hyper Space (1:259/418) * Origin: The Town Square BBS 209-824-2644 (1:208/200) |
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