What were the results of your boot sector virus scan?  Don't use the one
that comes with DOS, it isn't reliable at detecting boot sector virii.

Something is blocking out your lower memory and that is *exactly* what a
boot sector virus is best at doing.  Format all you want, the virus will
stay.  So many incompetent vendors have replaced infected drives with new
ones and have said, 'aha! I knew it was a bad drive!'  when all along, it
was a virus!

I make a habit when I receive a computer for repair or upgrade to ALWAYS
scan FIRST.

gary r. tennesen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mike Bridges
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 11:41 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] format help-still
>
>
> I understood that the "s" was necessary on a system disk.What are the
> consequences of leaving it out?
> Mike Bridges
> >
> > I recently formated my Hard Drive and had the same problem. My
> solution was
> > to type "Format C:" instead of "Format C: /s" In my case this
> didn't create
> > any problems. Win95 re-installed happily.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Kevin Hains
> >

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