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switching from windows to OS X on new processors

Mechcozmo said:
I've seen a virus ~4 years ago that piggybacked onto Window's ATA driver, and whenever it read/wrote to a block it would corrupt the data there. Stuck a floppy into it and it asked if I wanted to format it. Ended up with corrupted formatting. I don't know what virus it was because the people had no A/V software and I couldn't install any. Wipe and reinstall Windows....~sigh~

(Note: It is all guesswork that it piggybacked onto the driver, but that seems the most sensible way to do it)
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That's good to know that they do exist. I'm always game for learning from another's mishaps. :)
 
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