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Hello Glen,
Wednesday, October 06, 1999, 12:16:25 AM, you wrote:
GLB> I've never seen this myself but have read somewhere that a virus can cause
GLB> an IDE controller to misbehave in Device Manager. It may not hurt to run a
GLB> current virus scanner or two...
The OneHalf.1544, for example, does that (exclamation at IDE, CD-ROM
stops working, overall slugginess of the system). A nasty virus but
easily cured with Dr. Web antivir. NAV can detect it but my version can't fix.
GLB> -----Original Message-----
GLB> Ok, just recently (although i have had a new 27 gig MAXTOR UDMA drive
GLB> for
GLB> about a month) win98 has started reporting a "yellow question mark" in
GLB> DEVICE
GLB> MANAGER for my Primary IDE controller. WHAT THE?!?!?!?
GLB> <snip>
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