Re: ShopTalk: Outlook Express problem plus Messenger ads

[REED GRANT]

tflan You are correct that software cannot damage hardware but it can "crash" a system. I am using the term crash literally because viruses can and do crash programs to the point that even operating system are not even recognized on boot up. I have seen many people replace hard drives because they thought that they were damaged when all they had to do was reformat and reload OS. Sorry if I mislead you. reed ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Outlook Express problem plus Messenger ads Hey Bud, I know that software can crash and burn hardware.  We had it in our electronics in some of our aircraft in the Navy. But of course, my puter isn't a government weapon.  The term crash, as in crash my hard drive, is probably misused. It could destroy all or part of the data, rendering the entire computer useless, but that wouldn't physically damage the hardware.  A crash by any other name is still in the mind of the user. ;-) Al At 12:23 PM 12/12/2002, you wrote:   ----- Original Message ----- From: REED GRANT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:08 AM ". . . but I have seen hard drive's crashed from viruses." Excuse my ignorance. I've always been under the impression that software could not "crash a hardrive." And viruses are sortware, right? Crash a system? Absolutely. Crash hardware? I don't know. Have I been misinformed? Thanks TFlan