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LE> What on EARTH are you talking about? FORMAT wipes a diskette's
LE> bootsector (though not a fixed disk's mbr, only a logical
LE> partition's). The only reason viruses can survive a format on a 
Correct.
The rest of your message proving this could be simplifed somewhat,
though, to this:
Take a bootable DOS floppy and insert in Drive A:
Type FORMAT A:
When FORMAT is finished, try booting from that floppy.
No need to discuss OS/2 at all.
:-)
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 12 Dec 6:34 
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