[Ham-Computers] BIG Question

[johngadd at comcast.net]

YES a worm virus can cause that. Have you used the Microsoft Malicious worm removal tool on the machine with the orginial as a slave

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> Isn't the hard drive your primary drive? Isn't it the one that the system looks 
> to so that it can boot? If the drive is bad, and it can not be read, why should 
> it boot? 
> 
> A virus can damage anything, but remember, software Vs firmware. You had a bad 
> drive in all probability. 
> 
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> From: Gene WØQFC 
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] BIG Question 
> Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:22 PM 
> 
> I just run into something that has me puzzled. 
> I have a computer that was dead - would not boot - and found that the PS was 
> shot. 
> Replace the PS and still no boot. 
> Replaced the CPU and still no boot. 
> Replace the MOBO (with new CPU) and still no boot. 
> Replace the HDD and it now boots. 
> (I worked backwards and used the original MOBO & CPU, but they were BOTH 
> shot). 
> DUH!!!!!! 
> Anyway, after I installed WIN XP on a replacement HDD and got the machine 
> going again, I hooked up the original HDD as a slave and guess what? It 
> would not boot! 
> It would go through the POST and then keep re-booting itself. Take out the 
> Original HDD and viola! - it works. 
> Sooooooo, the big question is: could a virus cause the problem with the 
> machine not booting? 
> (I think that the PS going west was something would have happened anyway, 
> but not sure if it had anything to do with sending the MOBO & CPU out West). 
> I would not worry about it but there is stuff on the original HDD that needs 
> to be recovered.... 
> Any ideas out there???? 
> 
> Gene, WØQFC 
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