Be very careful of virus infections!  It may be something as quick and
simple as Donald has suggested, but suddenly losing a boot sector is a
good indication that a virus could be at work here.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Rex Gaither <[log in to unmask]>

> Hi,
>         Off the top of my head.  Boot with a floppy.  Fdisk with the
command fdisk
> /mbr.  Run Fdisk and make sure the primary partition is active (option 2
I
> think).
>
> HTH,
> Donald Gaither
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stadmeyer, Francis
>
> Folks,
> The subject says it all.  I have a friend who has the problem.  He can't
> boot the computer and that's the message he gets.  Happened suddenly
with no
> apparent warning signs.

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