... XP? hmmm
CIH virus info from symantec.com
... did you have an antivirus installed +updated?
"...was annoyed to see that my partitions were gone..."
"...I used my linux cd to try to get to the bottom of it but again i could't..."
"...I had to format everything and reinstalled windows..."
... linux cd?
... I sure would like to have a link to that virus.
... I have had Blue Screen Of Death (bsod)
causing a reboot and loss of disc access before; but there should be some sort of error message ie "Missing System Disk" blah blah
... did you try a partition recovery disc?
... I've always managed to recover lost partitions before.
... without the virus one can only guess!
...Ya!
Grrrr
wat do I know?
... got brain freeze