I could not remember the virus I was trying to eradicate when I did a FDISK /MBR and lost the partition table, but seeing this message reminds me that it was a Monkey variant. Thanks for the links to the further info. Karl Gottshalk > Reasons NOT to use FDISK /MBR > 1. Under an infection of viruses that don't preserve the Partition Table > e.g., Monkey, reported at 7.2% of the infections reported to _Virus Bulletin_ > for December '95, the last report for which I have data. PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>