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Name: HallelujA
Date: March 10, 2003 at 08:00:06 Pacific
Subject: Cpu won't boot
OS: win 98se
CPU/Ram: AMD 1Ghz / 256 sdram
Comment:

I start my computer and he's goes normally until he has to show the desktop cuz he now reboot (I never see the desktop). He does that all the time, so I can't open windows in normal mode anymore, only in safe mode I can. Then, Norton Anti-Virus 2002 found possible virus in boot sector when i scanned my hd. He said he repaired it but my computer did the same thing. I need help plz !!!


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Response Number 1
Name: bellum
Date: March 10, 2003 at 08:09:29 Pacific
Reply:

What virus did it say you have?


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Response Number 2
Name: HallelujA
Date: March 10, 2003 at 08:15:55 Pacific
Reply:

He said that "something has change in the boot sector and it may be a virus". But he didn't say which virus it was. It seems that he can't recognize the virus, he only sees a change in the boot sector.


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Response Number 3
Name: Tank863
Date: March 10, 2003 at 17:21:24 Pacific
Reply:

HallelujA

Do you know how to repair your Master Boot Record (MBR)?

At the end of the ROM BIOS bootstrap routine, the BIOS reads and executes the first physical sector of the first floppy or hard disk on the system. This first sector of the hard disk is called the master boot record (or sometimes the partition table or master boot block). There is a small program at the beginning of this sector of the hard disk. The partition information, or partition table, is stored at the end of this sector. This program uses the partition information to determine which partition is bootable (usually the first primary DOS partition) and attempts to boot from it.

This program is written to the disk by the fdisk /mbr command and is usually called the master boot record. During typical operation, Fdisk writes this program to the disk only if there is no master boot record.

Boot into 98se and go to DOS mode, and run fdisk /mbr

If you cannot boot into windows 98--->

Upon starting your computer, hit the F8 key and boot into the command prompt. then type

fdisk /mbr

Tank863



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