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From: JLI@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DESKVIEW problem - need HELP
Message-ID: <9708@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 89 05:00:49 GMT
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <62140@philabs.Philips.Com>, klv@briar.philips.com (Klaas Vegter;6522;4.27;0124) writes:
> I have problems installing DESKVIEW 2.2 on my AT compatible.
> 
> The problem:
> 
>   When installing DV from the A: drive, the program hangs just before
>   giving the message that the installation is completed. It does all
>   (or most of ?) the copying of the files to the C: drive. Then it gives a
>   "C-drive not ready" error. Only rebooting gives me control again.
>   Running DV after rebooting, causes the machine to hang again, just
>   before giving the main menu in the upper right corner.
> 
>   When running the program from the A: drive I have no problems, until I
>   read something from the C: drive. Then it hangs again. In this case I
>   must have booted from the A: drive. If I don't use C: in the deskview
>   session I can exit without problems. However, even DOS has problems
>   reading the C; drive now, and gives the mysterious error message:
>   "Math Coprocessor error occour" and it hangs.
> 
> So, it looks like DV does not see my C: drive. I used the same program
> files on a different machine (XT comp. with hard disk) without any
> problems.
> 
> Hardware info:
>   * 80286 processor, 10MHz
>   * DTK BIOS (1985)
>   * Seagate ST 225 hard disk
>   * 1 1.2M floppy drive
>   * 512k base, 512k extended memory
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? Does it sound familiar
> to anyone? PLEASE HELP!

You might need to check your hard disk first, and make sure it does
not have bad sectors which haven't been locked out.