In a message dated 10/22/2003 9:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I have run f disk quite a few times.however Ive seemed to have run into a
problem.
I use Go Back, which I think is a great program .However when I ran f disk it
wouldn't take this program out.I would run f disk and reformat , then
reinstall windows from the  recovery cd that came with my Hewlett Packard
computer.After the install, Goback would still be there.I didnt think much about this ,
until I got a virus( cant rem the name ). I was told this virus attacked
programs like Go Back.
So I did a F disk and reinstall from recovery cd.This time however when I
went to boot computer, the go back would run, then screen would go blank and get
a message that a dll file was missing and to reinstall operating system.
   I tried a couple more times with f disk and install, but same problem.
   I took computer to  a  computer shop and they fixed it
for 85 dollars, which is what they charge for a fdisk and install, which
seemed  a tad high to me.
  They said I didnt clear the hard drive when I ran f disk. I have a hard
time believing that.
   Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

The computer is a hewlett packard 8745c, pent3, 800mz, windows me, 512 ram,
new western d 80g hard d.
Hi,
  What you probably didn't do is use FDISK with the switch /MBR. This will
overwrite the Master Boot Record, which is where part of Go Back resides (and
also certain virii). To use it, just type in "FDISK /MBR", without the quotes.
If you are booting from a known virus-free, write protected floppy to do this,
it should eliminate the Go Back residuals, and any boot sector virii that may
be there.

HTH,
Peter Hogan
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