Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: RNJUDD@SUVM.BITNET (Ronnie Judd) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Boot sector viruses on IDE drives (PC) Message-ID: <0006.9106202012.AA20764@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 20 Jun 91 13:59:25 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 19 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu johnboyd@logdis1.oc.aflc.ar.mil (John Boyd:LAHDI) writes; > It recently occured to me that we get rid of most boot-sector viruses > by routinely doing a low-level format on a drive. However, this is > not possible on an IDE drive... Seems I keep seeing over and over on this list that one *almost never* has to do a low level format to remove boot sector viruses. However on the question of how does one format an IDE drive there are programs out there that will do such a thing. I recently upgraded a couple of Compaq machines and found Disk Manager 4.0 did the trick just fine. So if you feel that you *absolutely must* low level format to get rid of the offending virus give it a shot. Ronnie N. Judd | _ _ _ / | BITNET: RNJUDD@SUVM Dept. Civ/Env Engineering | / (o o) _ _ _ / | Phone: (315) 443-5796 220 Hinds Hall | |_/| |_| | | FAX: (315) 443-1243 Syracuse University | (._.)||_ _( / | A failure is a chance Syracuse, NY 13244-1190 | U _|| _|| | to start again smarter (Of course these are my opinoins, no one else wants them!)