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| #1 By 2062 (63.11.145.36) at Wednesday, May 08, 2002 03:28:56 AM |
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Wrong meandrake. A format only erases the data on the hard drive. A virus might still be in the master boot record or BIOS, or of course on a removable media like a floppy disk.
Also, you need to check for a drive overlay first. If you format with a drive overlay, it might break it. Then you cant install windows or anything. http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315679 -gosh This post was last edited by gosh on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 at 03:29. |
| #2 By 2062 (63.11.141.114) at Wednesday, May 08, 2002 01:35:28 PM |
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He asked if formating totally removes a virus. It's a general question and the general answer is no. Most viruses will be removed, but i have seen master boot rcord viruses and bios resident viruses. If he said something specific like "does formating remove the klez.h virus?" then i would have given a specific answer.
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