boot sector virus

[Assimilate]

Hi people,

My last maxtor plus d740x had bad sectors and failed. I have just got a new unformatted hard disk (maxtor diamondmax plus9 80gb) and i am trying to install xp 1st edition on it.

When i try and install xp onto the harddrive i get a boot sector virus warning. I am asked if i want to continue and select no but installation still continues.

I think that this might be because i have enabled boot sector virus protection on my motherboard and as this is the first time i am installing my hd its attempting to write to the boot record.

Can someone offer some advice?

Thanks

Computer Specs
xp 1800+
msi kt333 ultra aru
128mb twinmos ddr ram
geforce 4 ti 4200

 

[edfair]

Yes, that is the probable , almost guaranteed reason. Boot sector virus protection doesn't like anybody messing with the boot sector.

Ed Fair
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[AVChap]

Virus? Probably not. Most likely the BIOS has a built-in AV which monitors any attempts to write to the MBR. Check the BIOS settings and disable the AV.

HTH, AVChap
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[Assimilate]

hi,

thanks for that it works fine after disabling the virus detection in bios