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Chapter 17, Problem 12TC
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Hard drive is attacked by a virus.
System gets stopped and displays blue screen of death.
Hard drive contains important data which is not backed up.
To find:Â The immediate method to resolve a problem of the hard drive, which is attacked by a virus...
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