Bad drive cable? (Was: Am I Infected?) (PC)

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From: McAfee Associates
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:49

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Hello Ferris,

ferris@turtle.fisher.com writes:
>I had the stoned virus and I was getting 1701 (or 1710, I forget)
>error on bootup. Supposed to indicate a hard disk error, I think.
>
>I replaced the hard disk and controller, virus scanned everything that
>went into the new disk. Ran the machine for a couple days with no
[...deleted...]

Did you try replacing the hard disk cabling?  It could be that you
have an intermittent break or short in the cables, causing the 1701
error to appear on the screen.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
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Subject: Bad drive cable? (Was: Am I Infected?) (PC)
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