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Re: Help! Drive reset to "NON-DOS" partition

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From: Slim Fast
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00
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Perhaps Monkey virus?  I've seen it do similar things, being that it
will actually move the MBR, and if it's lost, you're screwed.  But, if
not, then it's your fat, and if it is unreliable, have Dell replace
the drive.  But, you're gonna have to re-install all of your
software--Dell, like other OEM's, doesn't replace factory installed
software on hard drives that are shipped out after the first 30 days
or so.


Slim Fast

totem@ibi.co.za wrote:

>Help!
>
>I'm running a 166MMX , Win95, 2,5Gb drive.
>Today I rebooted and the next thing I saw was "Invalid drive".
>
>I booted off a floppy and ran "Fdisk"  which reported my drive
>correctly but tells me that it is set to a NON-DOS partition.
>
>Could this be a virus? I am running Norton's Antivirus updated from
>their web-site last week. 
>No program or emergency disk sees the hard drive.
>
>Does anyone have any advice? Is this thing repairable?
>I'm at a complete loss as what to do next.
>
>If you can help *please* e-mail me urgently.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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Subject: Re: Help! Drive reset to "NON-DOS" partition
Date: 1997/07/24
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