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rc> The BIOS and DOS interrupts that format a drive don't ask the
rc> user anything. The FORMAT program does - but if your intention
rc> is to format the drive maliciously you don't use FORMAT. 
sb> I don't think that was my point. My point was that _windows_
sb> wouldn't sit there and let you format the drive. God knows,
sb> when I try and use my faithful old version of XTG under windows,
sb> windows pops up with a message saying that it's an old program
sb> and may damage disk structure...I really don't think you could
sb> format the hard disk while under windows, and that was the whole
sb> point of the conversation ( I think). 
But in that case you're actually running a DOS program in a Windows
DOS session.  That's a little different than a Windows program that
contains malicious code.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 27 Apr 1:34 
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