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From: wcr@branch.FIDONET.ORG (W.c. Rothanburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Problems with sys
Message-ID: <1984.25396F2D@branch.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 16 Oct 89 01:05:08 GMT
Organization: The Branch Office, Pompano Beach, Florida.  (305) 979-2073
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In an article of <13 Oct 89 20:59:50 GMT>, aj5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Basden) writes:


 >    I'm having some trouble upgrading from PC-DOS 3.1 to MS-DOS 3.3 on 
 >my 386 clone.  When I try to sys my hard drive, I get a 'not enough
 >room' error.  I suspect that this is because the hidden files are
 >bigger in 3.3,  but I thought that the hidden dos and bios files no 
 >longer
 >had to be contiguous.
 >
 >    Any suggestions on how I can do this without reformating my 80 meg
 >hard drive?
 >

I've had bad experiences when trying to use SYS to upgrade to dos 3.3.  The  
cluster sizes change and I would always get errors when trying to do it.  You  
would be better off backing up your drives and then reformatting.  
 
Bill
 



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