elev50@castle.ed.ac.uk (N Porfiris) (08/30/90)
I have got my PC infected by a virus.When I try to boot it up a 1701 appears under the last date used information, followed by an inquiry to boot it up from drive a. I have tried chkdsk but no drive c can be found. I have also tried an antivirus kit, but the partition table can not be found. Could somebody advise me how can I retrieve the files of the hard disk and how can I scan my diskettes to find which are infected? I must note that I had used a scan.exe program that claims that 1701/cascade virus can be traced, but no traces of any virus appeared. Personal Mail : nico@emf.ed.ac.uk
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (09/02/90)
elev50@castle.ed.ac.uk (N Porfiris) writes: > I have got my PC infected by a virus.When I try to boot it up a 1701 > appears under the last date used information, followed by an inquiry to > boot it up from drive a. I have tried chkdsk but no drive c can be No you don't. 1701 is an internal diagnostic error message. It means hard disk controller failure. Generaly, it is caused by a dead hard disk. open the case up, and check all the controller cables. Next power the system up, while holding a pencil or screwdriver against the hard disk case and the other end pressed into your ear (it makes it easier to hear if the hard disk is spinning up.) If you don't detect that the hd is spinning up, then you probably have a bad hdisk, (generaly it is the controller board on the bottom of the hard disk). It it spins up, then it may be the disk controller card it's self. This is a good argument against refering to viruses by numbers. This individual has confused a virus number with an error message. Cheers Woody