bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bernd Gill) (06/02/91)
While installing software on an IBM PC XT I accidentally introduced the "stoned" virus, which damaged the partition table. I then reformatted the hard disk as follows: fdisk (delete existing DOS partition, create new DOS partition) format c: /S/V (to make a bootable hard disk) Unfortunately the PC won't boot from the hard disk anymore. - There are no more viruses on the hard disk. - The PC boots ok from the floppy drive. - I can access data on the hard disk without problems. It seems that the boot sector on the hard disk is not found. The configuration is: IBM PC XT PCDOS 3.2 CGA Col. Monitor 10 MB Hard Disk I would be very grateful for any help in getting the PC to boot from the hard disk again. Thanks very much in advance Bernd Gill Email: bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de
barnett@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Karey Barnett) (06/03/91)
In article <A3HRI8J@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de> bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bernd Gill) writes: > >While installing software on an IBM PC XT I accidentally introduced the >"stoned" virus, which damaged the partition table. I then reformatted >the hard disk as follows: > > fdisk (delete existing DOS partition, create new DOS partition) > format c: /S/V (to make a bootable hard disk) > >Unfortunately the PC won't boot from the hard disk anymore. >- There are no more viruses on the hard disk. >- The PC boots ok from the floppy drive. You might want to try booting from the floppy drive and using the SYS command to make the hard drive bootable>
mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) (06/05/91)
In article <7729@rex.cs.tulane.edu> barnett@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Karey Barnett) writes: >In article <A3HRI8J@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de> bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bernd Gill) writes: >> >>While installing software on an IBM PC XT I accidentally introduced the >>"stoned" virus, which damaged the partition table. I then reformatted >>the hard disk as follows: >> >> fdisk (delete existing DOS partition, create new DOS partition) >> format c: /S/V (to make a bootable hard disk) >> >>Unfortunately the PC won't boot from the hard disk anymore. >>- There are no more viruses on the hard disk. >>- The PC boots ok from the floppy drive. > > You might want to try booting from the floppy drive and using the > SYS command to make the hard drive bootable> Did you copy command.com to the hard disk? What DOS version are you running? * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= meir@msb.com