FDISK Problem

[pappypete]

HDD is Quantum Fireball, 6.8 gig........I get a warning
message from Award Software Inc. (Disk boot sector
is about to be modified) This happens when setting
partition active............ I have never seen this before.
Wassup with this???

[Jon]

You're about to write an active partition identifier to your MBR.

Yours is the first case I've seen in the forum but that's what it is. Nothing to worry about.

[David]

Disable virus checker in your bios. That should solve the problem. Either that or an antivirus proggie.

[pappypete]

Thanks for the info......makes sense now....I thought
it was the cause of problem, loading drivers, later on
in the install. Got it sorted out now.

[JigPu]

Uhhggggg.... Don't remind me of the warning messages...

Once, one of my uncles (the family computer techie... other than me!) came down from Alaska to spend a week or two with us. Well, I was going to reinstall windows and he decided to watch my back. Formatted the system in front of him, and I was just starting up the setup process when it freezes and has a little black square in the middle of the screen. "Uh-oh" he says. I think your system has a virus on it! Noooo.... I say.. I just forgot to turn off the BIOS virus check. "Well why in the world would you have THAT enabled?!?" he askes in a kinda demeaning tone... There has to be a reason I don't like my uncle very much... :)

JigPu

[pappypete]

LOL!!!.....looks like you need a virus as much as you
need your uncle!!