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I was told to write a program that could erase the boot sector of a hard disk back in the MS-DOS days. I password protected it. I thought it was a bad idea, so
by mikewarot 1y ago
I was told to write a program that could erase the boot sector of a hard disk back in the MS-DOS days. I password protected it.
I thought it was a bad idea, so instead of just erasing the boot sector, I just flipped the bits so it could be undone by running it again.
- nssnsjsjsjs 1y agoSmart. You can charge a $100 to "recover" the boot sector.
- mikewarot 1y agoActually, my motivation back then was much simpler... to be able recover from stupid decisions on anyone's part. That and "Don't be Evil", as much as I could.