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From: nfs0294@dsac.dla.mil (Glendell R. Midkiff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What does "Probable Non-DOS disk" mean?
Message-ID: <1598@dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 8 Dec 89 13:04:44 GMT
References: <1989Dec7.123115.13255@aucs.uucp>
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Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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From article <1989Dec7.123115.13255@aucs.uucp>, by peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele):
> I went to do a chkdsk/f the other day and it reported that drive C
> was a "probable non-DOS disk". It gave me the option of continuing
> and I did and everything worked fine. What causes this error and
> can it be removed. The machine is running DOS 3.3. No partitions
>are set up (it's a 20 meg disk). Any info would be appreciated.

I also ran across this a couple weeks ago on a Epson Equity II running
MS-DOS 3.3 with a Seagate ST238R/Ompti RLL controller.  Everything
works fine on the system, except when you try to run CHKDSK you get
the "probable non-DOS disk".  I would also like to know why if anyone
can supply an answer.

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