Re: S.M.A.R.T. command failure. BIOS issue after security update
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/10/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:04:43 -0700
Greetings --
I think it was just coincidental. I've never seen a patch cause a
hardware failure, although there are some viruses that can affect the
BIOS (although not in this manner).
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Fred" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6a1701c405ce$f64b7a40$a601280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks. Good advice, and I'll do those backups now. Odd > that this occurred immediately after the patch > installation. I realized that the error message was being > generated between the HDD and BIOS, but it wouldn't be the > first time I've seen software updates change the MBR or > BIOS settings. I'm new to XP tho, and not quite sure what > to expect with it's updates. > > I've run the latest Maxtor Diagnostics and it reports no > errors on the drive. But I'll contact Maxtor as well. > Was 'hoping' somebody else might have experienced this > upon install of the patch and it wasn't *just* my system > bombing :) >
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