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Article #9Re: Laptop troubles - Help!
From: Tom Orr
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 00:00
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On 15 Jul 1999 12:43:57 GMT, apa@holyrood.ed.ac.uk ( Andrew Park) wrote: >Don't want to worry you but this sounds a little like the effects of that >rather nasty Chernoybyl (excuse the spelling) virus that was around a >while ago (26th April or was it May activation date). It corrupts the >FAT of the hard drive and has the ability to wipe or corrupt in some way >the Bios on some machines. If you use Win 95 the POST messages preclude the effect of CIH. It must be something else. Tom Orr Edinburgh Anti-spam e-mail address E-mail: remove * from address to reply Hillwalking: www.cableinet.co.uk/users/nickytom
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