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Originally posted by Zeeke75:
Actually, Milamber, if a hard drive's Track (Sector 0) gets destroyed (which is very possible, and yes, even by a virus), the drive would become unusable, just not completely. Track 0 is where the boot information for the drive is stored, so the drive would be functional, just never able to be bootable (would make a great storage-only device).
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Originally posted by Sazerac:
Virtual Card Hoax
March 2001
Granted a real virus could delete sector 0 on your hard drive but this isn't one of them. Also note that a knowledgeable person could put back sector 0 of a hard drive and get back all your files.
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That's what I said right? I said that the part about sector 0 being vital info to the hd's functioning is a load of horse $hit. The hd would still funcion regardless. Hell, you don't have to delete sector 0 to make your computer not bootable. There are tons of easier ways to do it. They were talking about a destructive virus that would damage the hd by deleting a sector. I was saying that was impossible.
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[This message has been edited by MILAMBER (edited 08-31-2001).]