Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!s.ms.uky.edu!neil From: neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: FAT Table Errors Keywords: fat, msdos, windows, norton Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 18:32:18 GMT References: Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Center Lines: 27 neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) writes: >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. On a small note, I have just thought that this may be due to a CMOS error in the setup of the computer. Why? Because one of the users of the system had trashed his "acidently". (Why is it, non computer users can only figure out the most deadly commands ie - format c: or erase c:*.* followed by wipedisk and magnets). If this is still not the case, wondering if any others PC users have experienced large media, network and windows problems before. -- 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)