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- From: Jon Freivald <jaf@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: moved my ibmdos.com ....
- Message-ID: <Nu2HoB2w164w@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 23:21:34 EDT
- References: <1992Jul21.001408.10271@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: The Wizzard's Cave, East Meadow, NY
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- parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
-
- > BTW Somebody told me on the weekend that there is an undocumented
- > argument to FDISK which will fix the boot record of a disk that is
- > faulty. I have never tried it nor do I know what kind of disks it works
- > on (presumably only hard disks) but the option is FDISK /MBR
- > (for master boot record). Anyone come across this one?
-
- Yes indeed - in fact, have used it many times... It's new with DOS 5.0,
- but you can use it on any disk (assuming you booted 5.0 from a floppy)
- with any DOS version on it.
-
- Why do I use it? - Instant erradication of BSI viruses! It's been quite
- a handy tool for me - re-writing a clean Master Boot Record on an
- infected hard disk. Of course, you have to be booting from a clean
- (preferably write protected - helps prevent accidents) floppy - also do
- a hard-boot, as you are then *SURE* that memory is virus free when you
- boot.
-
- Jon
-
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- Jon Freivald ( jaflrn!jaf@uunet.UU.NET )
- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it.
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