On 14 Nov 2003 08:27:59 -0800, chris-google@pobox.com (Chris Campbell) wrote:

> and was installed on my laptop by corporate IT,

.... maybe your corporate IT pushes an overwrite to
replace the MBR, if it appears "defective"?
..
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