Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:883 comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware:67 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!ogicse!uidaho!martyz From: martyz@groucho Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: error message when booting my computer Keywords: 163 Message-ID: <1990Aug18.003300.2699@groucho> Date: 18 Aug 90 00:33:00 GMT Reply-To: martyz@ted.UUCP (Marty Zimmerman) Organization: University of Idaho, Moscow Lines: 19 In article <9011@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> ghee@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Ghee Keong Lim) writes: >Yesterday, when I tried to boot my ps/2 model 30, which has a 20 >megabyte harddisk, I kept receiving this message: > 01024 KB OK > 163 I think the 163 just means that your system lost the time & date. You will need to reset them with the startup disk. The message from CHKDSK probably indicates that some files were improperly closed on your hard-disk (like when you turn the power off without exiting an application to DOS). Just let CHKDSK clean-up the mess and you should be fine. -- Marty Zimmerman Computer Services University of Idaho or