general virus question

[lorne]

Hi all,
I was wondering if it is possible for a virus to make a hard drive
unrecognizable when a computer boots up.
Started my computer the other day, and as it boots up, before POST, it stops
because no hard drive is recognized. Could it be a virus?

thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's not very likely. It sounds more like a simple hardware
failure.

Bruce Chambers

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[Enkidu]

Hi all,
I was wondering if it is possible for a virus to make a hard drive
unrecognizable when a computer boots up.
Started my computer the other day, and as it boots up, before POST, it stops
because no hard drive is recognized. Could it be a virus?

Sounds like hard drive failure.

It's not a Fujitshu by any chnace?

http://www.sheller.com/Practice.asp?PracticeID=111

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[lorne]

Sounds like hard drive failure.

It's not a Fujitshu by any chnace?

Yeah, it is!

 

[Geoffw]

or its dead ?

have you checked leads and cables ?

geoff

 

[lorne]

yes, checked everything obvious... sounds like the platter is trying to spin
but gets stuck...
i'll just get a new one and see what happens.

 

[Dan Seur]

See if Fujitsu has a downloadable drive diagnostic. Run it, then talk to
tech support. You may get a free replacement.

You might also see if the drive misbehaves after a DOS diskette boot. If
it's all NTFS, get a copy of the NTFSDOS util from sysinternals.com.

 

[Enkidu]

Yeah, it is!

Did you read this? The dodgy drive are very common. I've replaced at
least a dozen of them.

Cheers,

Cliff