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Re: Problems with floppy disk drive
Posted by Nick on April 14, 1997 at 22:00:36:
In Reply to: Re: Problems with floppy disk drive posted by Dwayne L. Smith on April 03, 1997 at 14:28:22:
: : *** I am facing same problem. I changed CMOS setting for my fdd to 1.44 MB, 3.5". Received
: : General Error Reading Drive A, Error on Int 24, etc.
: : Tried MSD. Shows me that I have a 5.25" ffd at Disk Drive A:.
: : Changed IDE controller card. No luck. Changed fdd, still no luck.
: : Any solution ? Please e-mail me at kgteo@singnet.com.sg
: I also have an AST Advantage 486 dx2 66mhz 8M RAM--running Windows95. It showed that I had a 5.25" A: drive where previously I had a functioning 3.5" A: drive. Bought PC-cillin anti-virus CD-ROM disk and on its pre-scan it detected a virus called "ANTIEXE". Haven't been able to remove virus because PC-cillin won't install with a virus existing in memory. Can't boot up using floppy A: as directions ask for. Please e-mail solution if you have one. Thanks!
There is a software utility called delcmos.com
which deletes the full range of cmos memory.
I found that viruses can hide there. Next boot
clean when you get your floppy going and sys.com
the hard drive. Next copy command.com to the hard
drive. If all that didn't work try getting a
utility which wipes clean any unused space on the
drive. Then deleate the operating system, wipe it
clean and reload it after booting clean.
Nick
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