bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bernd Gill) (06/06/91)
In article <A3HRI8J@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de>, I wrote... >While installing software on an IBM PC XT I accidentally introduced the >"stoned" virus, which damaged the partition table. > ... >Unfortunately the PC won't boot from the hard disk anymore. >The configuration is: > IBM PC XT > PCDOS 3.2 > CGA Col. Monitor > 10 MB Hard Disk Here is a summary of the fix (it turned out to be quite simple): - I removed and then reseated the card in slot1. It appeared to be just a simple async card, but something seemed to be different about it. Don't know what, though. - fdisk c: (to create an *active* DOS partition) - sf c:/D0/S (Nortons "safe format" utility to install the system) - copy a:*.* c: (copy autoexec, config, etc. to the c: disk) I would like to thank everybody who send me a reply. Cheers, Bernd