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From: tomf@cms2.UUCP (Tom Fortner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: CHKDSK message
Keywords: disk error chkdsk
Message-ID: <174@cms2.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 90 18:55:09 GMT
References: <10103@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: tomf@cms2.UUCP (Tom Fortner)
Organization: Christian Medical & Dental Society
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In article <10103@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> ir230@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (john wavrik) writes:
>
>When running CHKDSK I just started getting the error message:
>
>               Probable non-DOS disk.
>               Continue  (Y/N)?
>
John,
	You may have lost the archive bit on your FAT file, resulting in the 
probable non-Dos disk message you received. If this is true, low level format is the only way to restore the archive bit unless you can reconstruct the FAT
file with PC Tools rebuild or the like.
Tom

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