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Marlene - 25 Apr 2005 12:23 GMT

I just formatted my kids computer and was trying to reinstall win98. Now I
get a message right at the beginning of setup that says "Boot sector virus ,
continue Y or N? if I click it goes just to the end of setting up to install
and won't go any more. Ive tried 3 hard drives and 3 different windows. How
do I find this virus and get rid of it.

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Richard G. Harper - 25 Apr 2005 12:34 GMT

Disable virus protection in your computer's BIOS while installing Windows.
Windows needs to be able to write to the boot sector to install and the
antivirus program in BIOS is preventing it from doing so.

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> I just formatted my kids computer and was trying to reinstall win98. Now I
> get a message right at the beginning of setup that says "Boot sector virus
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> How
> do I find this virus and get rid of it.

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Marlene - 26 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT

That was so simple thank you very much

> Disable virus protection in your computer's BIOS while installing Windows.
> Windows needs to be able to write to the boot sector to install and the
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> > How
> > do I find this virus and get rid of it.

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Richard G. Harper - 26 Apr 2005 11:55 GMT

You're entirely welcome.

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> That was so simple thank you very much
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