The FORMAT.COM can have a virus in itself. Looks a lot like OneHalf - it
also makes CD-ROM not available.

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Ronald G Jobe wrote:

> I just had a friend show me a problem I've been working to solve too.
> Sporadically,
> we will each get a message that the master boot record has been changed.
> When
> that happens, the CD-ROM drive is no longer available.  A temporary work
> around
> has been to FDISK /MBR, but I'd like to fix the problem for good.  This
> is seen on 2
> different systems.  Please don't suggest it might be a virus.  I've had
> this happen
> right after formatting the drive, while I was reloading all the
> peripheral drivers.
> The first is a home-built system with a Microstar motherboard, PII-266,
> 96 meg
> RAM, 2 gig HD, WIN 95B, bus master drivers loaded.  The second is an Acer
> P5-75,
> 8 meg RAM, 1 gig HD, WIN95A, bus mastering is not supported.

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