Help! "Your computer is stoned" Virus

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From: Richard Kaplan
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:00

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A good friend phoned me today frantically stating that
her IBM PC XT clone suffered a "hard disk boot failure"
and then when she attempted to boot from a 
floppy the system came up with the cryptic message,
"Your computer is stoned."  I presume her difficulties
are, at least in part, due to a virus.  Am I
correct?

Is this a known virus and is there any way to recover
her data?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.  Please e-mail 
to me.  I will summarize any successful solution(s)
for the net.

Thanks.
-- 
Richard Kaplan M.D.           Medical Software Exchange BBS
806 2nd St. SW # 104          (507) 281-1989 14,400 HST
Rochester, MN  55902          (507) 281-1689 Voice
PP-ASEL-IA     N4VRB          rkaplan@mayo.edu|netcom.netcom.com

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Subject: Help!  "Your computer is stoned" Virus
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