I had already turned off. What else could be the problem ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Simmons" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: HDD Util cannot write to partition table
> Many BIOS's have virus protection for the MBR that can be
> turned off. I usually turn it off and let my AV software
> protect it. It will prevent MBR to be written.
>
> Doug
>
> At 9/27/2002 01:12 PM, Pkreli Ela wrote:
>
> I am trying to use Ranish Partition Manger to edit /
> arrange partition records in a hard disk. Now I quite often
> use this program to adjust partitions and etc.
>
> But in this particular hard disk, the changes made by
> Ranish Partition Manager are not being saved even though it
> says changes were saved. When I restart the machine (and
> the program), the changes made are not there.
> ...
> What could prevent writing to MBR and partition table by
> such 'powerful' utilities ? Ranish Partition Manager is my
> favorite tool and had never failed to write changes to
> MBR/partition table in other HDDs.
>
> Could it be due to some BIOS setting or virus ?
>
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