[Coco] (Was: OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs ) How to format a PC Hard disk

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/06 7:36:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
rod.barnhart at gmail.com writes:

>No  c: required. the command resets the MBR on the first harddrive in
>the  system. FWIW, the command is rarely required. I've only had to use
>it a  handful of times to get rid of a pesky boot sector virus that  I
>couldn't seem to remove any other way.



Yes, thanks, I've thought of this as a way to get rid of possible boot  
viruses.
Norton AV says I have 3 boot records, one master.  Unclear what the  other 2 
are.  Of course Norton never finds any viruses.
 
My PC sped up nicely after I de-fragged by HD.  Now that I've cleaned  some 
unused entries out of the registry, it seems slow again.
--Mike K.