RC> You are searching (in vain) for some reason to rationalize formatting
RC> the hard drive.  You are creating more and more tenuous "what ifs" to
RC> justify your statement.  So, I'll just end it all with this:  What if
RC> your FORMAT.COM _itself_ is infected, and your "formatting" simply
RC> drops a boot sector infector?  I guess to guard against _that_
RC> possibility you had better just dump the entire system in the trash
RC> can should you get infected and buy a new one - just to be *sure*.
Have you never heard of a bootdisk, it usually contains the FORMAT.COM file 
and a lot other files.
... nfx v2.9 [C0000]
--- BBBS/D v3.33 How-D
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