strange behavior of losing my A drive's ability to read the disk

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The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup disk to
get the computer running again. After I did this the A
drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead Windows
then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't been
able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know how to
fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it had
Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a diskette
(to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the MS
Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the wrong
command because now the A drive will not read Word
documents (even with Office 97 installed on the computer).
Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still will
not read Word documents. What is going on here? Thanks for
any help you can provide me with in advance!

Leo

[Ben Myers]

Possibly a boot sector virus. See =
http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit

Ben


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> The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup disk to=20
> get the computer running again. After I did this the A=20
> drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead Windows=20
> then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't been=20
> able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know how to=20
> fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it had=20
> Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a diskette=20
> (to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the MS=20
> Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the wrong=20
> command because now the A drive will not read Word=20
> documents (even with Office 97 installed on the computer).=20
> Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still will=20
> not read Word documents. What is going on here? Thanks for=20
> any help you can provide me with in advance!
>=20
> Leo

Hi Ben,

I tried to download and run this Ivinits utility and I got
to it's main screen but I didn't have to respond "yes" to
anything. It just said that everything seemed to be okay.
I am wondering whether I used this application in the way
way or something? I started my laptop on MS-DOS mode too!
Thanks for any more advice you can give me on this matter,

----Original Message-----
>Possibly a boot sector virus. See
http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit
>
>Ben
>
>
" >
wrote in message news:199f701c44d0d$8d2bd470
...
>> The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup disk
to
>> get the computer running again. After I did this the A
>> drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead
Windows
>> then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't been
>> able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know how
to
>> fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it had
>> Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a
diskette
>> (to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the MS
>> Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the
wrong
>> command because now the A drive will not read Word
>> documents (even with Office 97 installed on the
computer).
>> Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still
will
>> not read Word documents. What is going on here? Thanks
for
>> any help you can provide me with in advance!
>>
>> Leo
>.
>

[Ben Myers]

Sounds like there is no boot virus. Try extracting a fresh
copy of "hsflop.pdr" to the "c:\windows\system\iosubsys"
folder. You may have to restart the computer before
Windows will use the extracted file.

Ben

> wrote in message =
...
> Hi Ben,
>=20
> I tried to download and run this Ivinits utility and I got=20
> to it's main screen but I didn't have to respond "yes" to=20
> anything. It just said that everything seemed to be okay.=20
> I am wondering whether I used this application in the way=20
> way or something? I started my laptop on MS-DOS mode too!
> Thanks for any more advice you can give me on this matter,
>=20
> ----Original Message-----
> >Possibly a boot sector virus. See=20
> http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit
> >
> >Ben
> >
> >
> " >=20
> wrote in message news:199f701c44d0d$8d2bd470
> ...
> >> The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup disk=20
> to=20
> >> get the computer running again. After I did this the A=20
> >> drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead=20
> Windows=20
> >> then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't been=20
> >> able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know how=20
> to=20
> >> fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it had=20
> >> Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a=20
> diskette=20
> >> (to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the MS=20
> >> Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the=20
> wrong=20
> >> command because now the A drive will not read Word=20
> >> documents (even with Office 97 installed on the=20
> computer).=20
> >> Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still=20
> will=20
> >> not read Word documents. What is going on here? Thanks=20
> for=20
> >> any help you can provide me with in advance!
> >>=20
> >> Leo
> >.
> >

HI Ben,

Thanks once again for your help, Where can I find a fresh
copy of "hsflop.pdr?" From another computer or perhaps the
Windows 98 disk?

Thanks again,
Leo
>-----Original Message-----
>Sounds like there is no boot virus. Try extracting a
fresh
>copy of "hsflop.pdr" to the "c:\windows\system\iosubsys"
>folder. You may have to restart the computer before
>Windows will use the extracted file.
>
>Ben
>
> wrote in message
...
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> I tried to download and run this Ivinits utility and I
got
>> to it's main screen but I didn't have to respond "yes"
to
>> anything. It just said that everything seemed to be
okay.
>> I am wondering whether I used this application in the
way
>> way or something? I started my laptop on MS-DOS mode
too!
>> Thanks for any more advice you can give me on this
matter,
>>
>> ----Original Message-----
>> >Possibly a boot sector virus. See
>> http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit
>> >
>> >Ben
>> >
>> >
>> "
>
>> wrote in message news:199f701c44d0d$8d2bd470
>> ...
>> >> The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup
disk
>> to
>> >> get the computer running again. After I did this the
A
>> >> drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead
>> Windows
>> >> then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't
been
>> >> able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know
how
>> to
>> >> fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it
had
>> >> Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a
>> diskette
>> >> (to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the
MS
>> >> Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the
>> wrong
>> >> command because now the A drive will not read Word
>> >> documents (even with Office 97 installed on the
>> computer).
>> >> Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still
>> will
>> >> not read Word documents. What is going on here?
Thanks
>> for
>> >> any help you can provide me with in advance!
>> >>
>> >> Leo
>> >.
>> >
>.
>

[Ben Myers]

Extract it from your Windows 98 CD.

Ben

> wrote in message =
...
> HI Ben,
>=20
> Thanks once again for your help, Where can I find a fresh=20
> copy of "hsflop.pdr?" From another computer or perhaps the=20
> Windows 98 disk?
>=20
> Thanks again,
> Leo
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sounds like there is no boot virus. Try extracting a=20
> fresh
> >copy of "hsflop.pdr" to the "c:\windows\system\iosubsys"
> >folder. You may have to restart the computer before
> >Windows will use the extracted file.
> >
> >Ben
> >
> > wrote in message=20
> ...
> >> Hi Ben,
> >>=20
> >> I tried to download and run this Ivinits utility and I=20
> got=20
> >> to it's main screen but I didn't have to respond "yes"=20
> to=20
> >> anything. It just said that everything seemed to be=20
> okay.=20
> >> I am wondering whether I used this application in the=20
> way=20
> >> way or something? I started my laptop on MS-DOS mode=20
> too!
> >> Thanks for any more advice you can give me on this=20
> matter,
> >>=20
> >> ----Original Message-----
> >> >Possibly a boot sector virus. See=20
> >> http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit
> >> >
> >> >Ben
> >> >
> >> >
> >> "=20
> >=20
> >> wrote in message news:199f701c44d0d$8d2bd470
> >> ...
> >> >> The other night I had to use my Windows 98 startup=20
> disk=20
> >> to=20
> >> >> get the computer running again. After I did this the=20
> A=20
> >> >> drive would not read any more diskettes! Instead=20
> >> Windows=20
> >> >> then would ask to format the A diskette. I haven't=20
> been=20
> >> >> able to use my A drive ever since. Does anyone know=20
> how=20
> >> to=20
> >> >> fix this problem? Similarly on another computer it=20
> had=20
> >> >> Microsoft Works 2000 on it. When I clicked on a=20
> >> diskette=20
> >> >> (to open a Word document), it prompted me to put the=20
> MS=20
> >> >> Works 2000 CD in the CD-ROM. I must have chosen the=20
> >> wrong=20
> >> >> command because now the A drive will not read Word=20
> >> >> documents (even with Office 97 installed on the=20
> >> computer).=20
> >> >> Lastly I uninstalled MS Works and the computer still=20
> >> will=20
> >> >> not read Word documents. What is going on here?=20
> Thanks=20
> >> for=20
> >> >> any help you can provide me with in advance!
> >> >>=20
> >> >> Leo
> >> >.
> >> >
> >.
> >