MBR virus??

I'm not certain this is the the right forum for this;if
not I'm sure some one will tell me,so here it goes.
I've two machines one running Windows 98Se and the other
has WindowsMe(both full retail versions with
updates/service packs etc),is the one with winMe thats
giving me the trouble,a couple of days ago I turned on the
pc and saw the message "no boot record found,please insert
system disk and press enter".So I inserted the startup disk
and foremost among the messages was this"No valid FAT
partition table found",some explanations were that either
a virus has made my disk unrecognisable,or is not
formated.I had uptodate antivirus software on both machines
and I'm really weary of hooking the 98Se, to the winMe one
to run a virus check for fear of infecting it as well(if
indeed there's a virus).My questions are;
A)is there a utility that will check the MBR for viruses?
B)typing FDISK/MBR at c: prompt will rewrite the MBR,but
will it remove the virus? erase my data?
C)if I run setdebug and completely erase the MBR(write
zeros to it)will obliderate it but,again,the question of
my data,and the removal of the would be virus persists.
I'm grasping at straws here folks, if anyone has a thought
or a suggestion I'd really appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Jim S.

If you put in the command as you stated in your post, the syntax is
incorrect.

Rebuild Master Boot Record:

Bootup using your "Windows Startup Disk"
Select #1
Exit Help
At the DOS prompt,
type the following line,
and press enter

FDISK /MBR
(NOTE the space between the K and / )

Remove the floppy,
and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.

This will rebuild your Master Boot Record (MBR).
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
.........hope that was the problem!
Heirloom, old and could be


"Jim S." wrote in message
...
I'm not certain this is the the right forum for this;if
not I'm sure some one will tell me,so here it goes.
I've two machines one running Windows 98Se and the other
has WindowsMe(both full retail versions with
updates/service packs etc),is the one with winMe thats
giving me the trouble,a couple of days ago I turned on the
pc and saw the message "no boot record found,please insert
system disk and press enter".So I inserted the startup disk
and foremost among the messages was this"No valid FAT
partition table found",some explanations were that either
a virus has made my disk unrecognisable,or is not
formated.I had uptodate antivirus software on both machines
and I'm really weary of hooking the 98Se, to the winMe one
to run a virus check for fear of infecting it as well(if
indeed there's a virus).My questions are;
A)is there a utility that will check the MBR for viruses?
B)typing FDISK/MBR at c: prompt will rewrite the MBR,but
will it remove the virus? erase my data?
C)if I run setdebug and completely erase the MBR(write
zeros to it)will obliderate it but,again,the question of
my data,and the removal of the would be virus persists.
I'm grasping at straws here folks, if anyone has a thought
or a suggestion I'd really appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Jim S.