Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfinote!pnl From: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: help: peculiar msdos 3.3 crash Message-ID: <35010023@hpfinote.HP.COM> Date: 3 Oct 90 17:06:14 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD Lines: 41 pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) writes: > After some software anomolies, I decided to run a disk optimizer > (fastrax), which had me run chkdsk first. It found problems in a > hidden file ibmbio.com among others, and truncated it. Not knowing the > significance at the time, I compacted away. Later, when my machine > wouldn't boot, I deleted and copied both ibmbio.com and ibmdos.com > several ways, ("sys" didnt work), but cannnot solve it and I suspect > some directory tinkering might. I am runing msdos 3.30 on a zenith > supersport286e. > > I know I can fully back up my disk, then reformat it, and run > install and sys, but that will take many hours and floppies. Do any > experts know a shorter way? Thanks in advance. > Well, you don't exactly have to reformat things. I heard that NORTON DISK DOCTOR will move things around and solve this problem with a one stroke action. Alternatively, if you have NORTON UTILITIES, you can run NU to look at you disk map. Find the first few first on your disk (I mean in terms of physical position). Generally say the first 5 clusters would do. Note the file names, copy them to another names ... Then, delete the original files. Now, do SYS C:. Pretty complicated ?? Then, you can rename those files back. And you are set. The whole idea is to create enough room at the start of the disk for IBMBIO and IBMDOS. This should confuse you totally ... :-). This is how I upgrade from DOS 3.30 to DOS 4.01. Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include