> It doesn't help the BIOS at all really.  The BIOS still misidentifies
> the drive size, but the Ontrack "virus" lives in the MBR of the drive
> and runs as soon as the BIOS loads it.

But the OP's bios doesn't see the drive *at all*.  It therefore won't
attempt to load anything from the MBR or anywhere else on that drive.


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