Can't read last cluster on drive?

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From: David Longley
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:00

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I've  had  a problem on a few machines (some IDE and  some  SCSI) 
which  makes me suspect a virus. Scandisk reports that  it  can't 
read  the last cluster on the drive .. I have ended up having  to 
FDISK and reformat. I scanned with DR SOl and Nortion and neither 
detected anything.. 
-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
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Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk

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From: David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley)
Subject: Can't read last cluster on drive?
Date: 1999/02/12
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