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From: bernd@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bernd Gill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: IBM PC XT won't boot from hard disk (Summary)
Message-ID: <8GMRUDR@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de>
Date: 6 Jun 91 12:06:05 GMT
References: <A3HRI8J@methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de> <7729@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <1991Jun5.013243.16018@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Organic Chemistry
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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