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James Edwards - 15 Sep 2003 23:40 GMT

I have an old dell deskstop with Windows 95.. I was
trying to fix an issue the system was having bootup
successfully by doing a complete re-install of the 95.
Before if would boot up if I put if in safemode.
The install seemed to be doing fine until the restart
phase. During the loading of window95 the system
shutdowns down and completely powers off. I can't even
get it to boot in safe-mode.

Any suggestions?

I tried scandisk.. as well as a number of re-
installlations.. but all efforts have failed.

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newsreader - 16 Sep 2003 08:37 GMT

Sounds like a boot sector virus.
I remember one did that about a year ago. I think it was the
W32/oror.b@MM variant of the W32.oror virus.

Fdisk and reformat should rid you of it if you can be that drastic or
look up information on one of the anti-virus sites.

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>I have an old dell deskstop with Windows 95.. I was
>trying to fix an issue the system was having bootup
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>I tried scandisk.. as well as a number of re-
>installlations.. but all efforts have failed.

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