1. Thank for the help with boot-sector, but...
- Posted by Terry Moriarty <terry at EDERNEY.IDPS.CO.UK>
May 31, 1999
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Last edited Jun 01, 1999
Thank you to Robert and all the rest of you that tried to help me with
my partition table\boot sector problems. Unfortunately they don't
resolve the problem for the following reasons
to Robert and Bernie:
The Euphoria-program files do not seem to be infected, and it has
happened with different versions of Eu.
No, I'm not poking except to allocate()'d memory.
to David and Raude:
I'm using Win95, and yes David, I too believe the Eu is safe because I'm
usually working on the same project all the time, but my problem only
occurs now and again.
to Irv:
I hope that Cheyenne and McAfee aren't looking.
The boot-sector is definitely being written to, I usually fix it with a
small ASM prog that I wrote so that I can read the
partition-table\boot-sector even when DOS can't (Using INT13). The one
thing that made me think that I could be having a problem with Eu is
that it is *always* the Eu source file I've been working that is written
over the pt\bs.
Thanks anyway for all the feedback,
I'll just have to try and catch whatever it is, in the act. It might
just be a combination of progs that don't like each other.
All the best
Terry
2. Re: Thank for the help with boot-sector, but...
I strongly suggest that you BACKUP your complete system. Then do new fdisk
and format. Then run extensive memory and scan disk tests. If it tests
out ok. Reinstall your OS and software from scratch not from a copy.
Using a small assembly program to patch the partition table and boot sector
is not the answer. There are many other things in your operating system
that could be corrupted besides the partition table. You are just
prolonging your problem.
Bernie
3. Re: Thank for the help with boot-sector, but...
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM>
May 31, 1999
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Last edited Jun 01, 1999
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Terry Moriarty wrote:
> Thank you to Robert and all the rest of you that tried to help me with
> my partition table\boot sector problems. Unfortunately they don't
> resolve the problem for the following reasons
>
> to Irv:
> I hope that Cheyenne and McAfee aren't looking.
> The boot-sector is definitely being written to, I usually fix it with a
> small ASM prog that I wrote so that I can read the
> partition-table\boot-sector even when DOS can't (Using INT13). The one
> thing that made me think that I could be having a problem with Eu is
> that it is *always* the Eu source file I've been working that is written
> over the pt\bs.
>
Always the source? What editor are you using?
And does it get written only when you are working with one EU program
and not others? (that is, one that does some low-level calls, as opposed
to others which don't?)
Why McAfee doesn't catch the write to boot sector is another puzzle.
When in doubt, blame it on Windows.
Works for me.
Irv
