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From: AGUTOWS@WAYNEST1.BITNET (Arthur Gutowski)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: 1701/help (PC)
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Date: 30 Aug 90 22:20:57 GMT
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When you try to boot your machine and get the infamous "1701" code, in
IBM PC lingo this means trouble. The 1701 error code means physical
damage to hard drive sector zero.  In other words, it's time to
replace the hard drive.  The fact that you can't access your hard
drive, even when booting from a clean floppy (if it's damaged, it will
be inaccessible-- one of the first things the system does when it
boots is perform an I/O check on your drives), and that SCAN hasn't
found anything suggests to me that it's NOT a virus.

/art

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