Mon, Sep-17-01, 21:37
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Originally posted by Meeker
Real viruses distroy data, not hard drives. There used to be ones that could command the hard drive to park the heads on command, but that doesn't work anymore, don't know why.
Anyone know?
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This is just a guess, it's probably because manufacturers now added settings for flash memory BIOS over-write. These setting have to be changed manually by changing the pins, to allow software flash updates.
You're right, I delete anything that says "forward to everyone on your list" 
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