I have had similar problems. Did you actually do a low level format, or just zero fill the data portion of the drive? Mike Patchen MDP Consulting mpatchen at mn.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Underground" <spencer at sihope.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:29 AM Subject: [TCLUG] mbr > Has anyone had the pleasure of loading wincrap on a drive that previously > housed llinux? > I have had mild sucess with this. But I have a very stubborn WD that will > not forget the mbr of its previous life. I zero filled the drive and still > nothing. It shows the classic symptoms of a virus i.e. master boot record > modified ide drivers corrupt,,,,that sort of thing. But no virus found , at > least not at antivirus.com. Maybe I just need some better quality herb or > something, but I think lilo and win do not get along real nicely. > Incidentally, I had a simular situation on an NTFS drive. I was able to > repair the mbr and recover the data. But that was a different situation. > Still stemming from lilo and win. > > -Spencer Underground > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >