I just had this problem a few days ago reinstalling Win 98.2 on my work computer.  What you need to do is go into the BIOS and disable the boot sector virus scanner.  It sees the install as a virus in some way, so it must be disabled.  Follow the instructions on your machine during the POST screen for opening your BIOS.  It will say something like, "for setup press F1, or Del (delete), or whatever your particular machine uses for that.  Check in CMOS settings (standard or advanced or whatever your BIOS has) for the virus scanner and follow the instructions for changing it from enabled to disabled.

>Hi,
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>I formatted my hard drive a few days ago using a boot up disk at startup and then format c:\. I then tried loading windows 95 onto it but everytime it gets through scanning my system and accepting the contract thing I get the following message: "Boot Sector Write. Possible Virus: Continue Y/N?" And then the computer gets stuck and I always have to reset. I tried my own Win95 CD and then a friend's. It still gives the same message. If my computer does have a virus wouldn't it get deleted when I format my whole hard disk? Someone suggested that it could be a Boot sector virus. I have no idea what to do now. My computer is stuck. Am I going about this the wrong way? Can someone help me?
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>Thanks,
>
>Jigs.
>
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