the other day, I was going through some old floppies to find an old file and saw that one of the disks had the parity boot virus. I wanted the file that was there though, so I got it and then threw away the floppy. My PC told me sternly to boot up from a clean disk - of course, I haven't got any disks to boot from. Since then, I've had no problems. Does modern Windows (I'm on 98 I think) deal with this on its own? -- Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address XV535 (sold), GPZ500S (promised), SR250 (in bits). BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2. KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3 Original Sinergy - wicked T-shirts for a wicked world: www.originalsinergy.com I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation. www.pericles.demon.co.uk "You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03
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I seem to be fine, so I won't worry then. Ta. -- Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address XV535 (sold), GPZ500S (promised), SR250 (in bits). BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2. KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3 Original Sinergy - wicked T-shirts for a wicked world: www.originalsinergy.com I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation. www.pericles.demon.co.uk "You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03