Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!rex!ukma!s.ms.uky.edu!neil From: neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: FAT Table Errors Keywords: fat, msdos, windows, norton Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 14:39:03 GMT Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Center Lines: 28 System Configuration: 386 machine (Gateway 2000 standup model) Dos 4.01 (shell not installed) 150+ Meg Hard Disk (C/D Partitions) Windows 3.0 (running in standard mode) Share installed in config.sys Lantasti (Ethernet) Network Lately I have been getting FAT Table errors, which after some use, cause the hard disk to become very unreliable in doing simple task. I reformated the origional hard drive, partitioned the disk and installed share through the config.sys file. When running Norton 5.0, I get FAT Table errors and when trying to make a RECOVER file, Norton reports that the error-file can not be saved and further test will be abandoned. Something that I have noticed: When running Norton 5.0 and receiving no FAT Table errors, Norton recognizes the Hard Disk devices as "1st Hard Disk". When I do received the errors, Norton 5.0 recognizes the Hard Disk devices as "device driver", and thus gives FAT Table errors. Is there something I should change in the NU configurations, config.sys, or autoexec.bat??? -- Neil Greene --- University of Kentucky Mathmatics and Sciences University of Kentucky Computing Center neil@s.ms.uky.edu & neil@graphlab.cc.uky.edu (NeXT Attachments)