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  1. February 9th, 2003, 10:36 AM #1
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    Boot sector virus???

    Okay, I'll try to make this as short as possible. With the introduction of a brand new hard drive (maxtor 20gb for backup) from a respectable company, my current drive (maxtor 80gb) began running REALLY slow. This was to the extent that it normally gets about 25000-30000 in Sisoft Sandra but it got 3300 when I tested it last. I pulled the drive and requested and RMA as I tried everything I could think of and it always ran the same. Now, however, I loaded XP on the 20gb for the time being and it's beginning to do the same thing. My first (and current) thought was a boot sector virus. The first thing I wanted to try to do was to rewrite the mbr but, now, when I try to boot from a floppy, it's no go. I tried this with a ghost floppy, a maxtor floppy, a PMP floppy and a Win98 floppy and none of them will boot. Mind you these have never had a problem booting before. Likewise, when I am in XP and open the floppies, it tells me they're not formatted. I've scanned with a fully updated AVG and nothing. Any suggestions?
    The Artisan formerly known as A+Tech.
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  2. February 9th, 2003, 10:42 AM #2
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    Try a different floppy drive and/or cable.
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  3. February 9th, 2003, 10:44 AM #3
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    Already have and it's no go.... Also, if I write information to a new floppy inside XP, the drive is just fine and works without a hitch
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  4. February 9th, 2003, 07:15 PM #4
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    Originally posted by A+Tech
    Already have and it's no go.... Also, if I write information to a new floppy inside XP, the drive is just fine and works without a hitch
    lame as it sounds, could it be a bios glitch? boot sequence?
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  5. February 9th, 2003, 09:03 PM #5
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    Originally posted by shamus
    lame as it sounds, could it be a bios glitch? boot sequence?
    Checked thoroughly
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  6. February 9th, 2003, 09:13 PM #6
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    Safe mode, remove the floppy drive....let it re-installl.
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  7. February 10th, 2003, 07:09 AM #7
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    The problem was this was in start up, so removing the device in Windows would do no good. I finally got it with enough messing around. Seems everything might be okay now. Thanks
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  8. February 15th, 2003, 08:53 AM #8
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    Talking Boot Virus

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    Have you tried a clean boot disc with fdisk on it and at the "A" prompt typed FDISK /MBR

    THEN "ENTER"
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  9. February 15th, 2003, 09:12 AM #9
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    Originally posted by C.R.S.
    Have you tried a clean boot disc with fdisk on it and at the "A" prompt typed FDISK /MBR


    Originally posted by A+Tech
    The first thing I wanted to try to do was to rewrite the mbr but, now, when I try to boot from a floppy, it's no go.
    Last edited by Platypus; February 15th, 2003 at 09:15 AM.
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