In a message dated 07/02/2000 4:19:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< alanpriol wrote:
 >
 > In a follow up to my previous e-mail regarding the MBR, would using FDISK
 > /MBR lock me out of my current OS's
 >
 > Alan Priol.
 >
 >

 I don't think so. If I suspect there is a MBR virus, I perform a
 fdisk/mbr. It works for me... I don't seem to have a problem being
 locked out of the OS.

 If something else has ben corrupted or deleted you may be locked out.
 <smile> This is one of those situations that... "I wish I would have
 backed up my system."

 Sincerely,

 Frank Suszka >>

Hi,
  I can think of one other situation you should not use the /MBR. If you are
using a disk "overlay" or manager program (typically used with large drives
on older systems whose BIOS's do not support drives that large), then you
should not use it, as it will overwrite the manager program, rendering the
data (and OS) on the drive inaccessible.

HTH,
Peter Hogan
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