In a message dated 4/28/99 10:25:05 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the > > > partition table. > > Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the > motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but > I can't remember the arguments. > > On my latop, I have the same setting... and it controls whether or not I can overwrite the MBR on my HD. Assuming I don't plan on partioning my drive, I can set this switch to prevent anyone else from doing so. Unfortunately, it doesn't protect the BIOS itself. -Jay