Boot Sector Virus - Can I check it on DOS level - Can't boot in Win

"Daniel" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have been using XP Pro. Got BSOD with STOP error of
> B7... (mostly suggest hard config or a possibility of Boot
> Sector Virus). No config or hardware change on the
> machine... Tried many venues still not able to boot to Win
> in any mode. It even does not boot from Installation CD.
> Suspecting virus. What application can be used to check
> the boot sector virus on a dos level.

Your PC won't boot to the XP Installation CD? In that case, that's nothing
to do with the hard-drive. If your PC BIOS is set to check and boot from a
CD-ROM, before booting from the HDD, then the HDD is ignored.

I'd check your BIOS settings, that's where I would look. Try resetting them
to defaults or checking the boot sequence. It's possible you have a BIOS
virus, but I don't know how common those are, unlikely I'd say.

@drian.