Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SNYBUFVA.BITNET!WAXMONRW From: WAXMONRW@SNYBUFVA.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: PCT HD Problem Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 16:58:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 45 >On Sat, 11 May 91 20:20:00 EST said: >>If you have a PCT, DO NOT USE the msdos disk optimizing program ORG, ver. >>1.32. I ran it on my main msdos volume (D) and I am dead! Everything >>appears to be there but nothing works. Worse of all, my config.sys has >>binary in it! If I copy programs from my D:/util subdirectory to the >>floppy in A: or to my /RAM (C:), the programs do not run. Everything >>hangs. >> >>Any suggestions would be greatfully appreciated! >copy all of your DOS system files back to the ms-dos HD. Change your >config.sys file back to what it should be (if you can remember). >Use something like PC Tools to copy the two hidden files back to the HD too. >I'm not an ms-dos expert, but I would say, if that doesn't work, you'll >probably need to restore your ms-dos partition. You may be able to just >restore the ms-dos file 'partition' on the apple side without doing the >whole volume. Well, I tried substituting a good config.sys for the bad one; I added a good autoexec.bat, etc. Nothing worked. So, I bit the bullet and reformated the drive. First, I went into the C Panel and removed the /RAM drive to the apple (I did get that to work but that is another story) and that made my bad volume into C:. I reformatted C: as a system disk (I have a tendency to forget to do this) and then recopied my msdos files from floppies onto C:. I then went back into the PCTs Control Panel and reinstalled the /Ram drive (using the apples /RAM5) which changed C: to D: Once I changed the path in the autoexec.bat, I was okay. There hardest part was finding my "standard" files, particularly my "util" files in all the floppies I have! THe moral of the story is DO NOT USE ORG. What is strange is that it worked fine on my small, 3.9M E: drive which is were I ran it first before running it on D:. If you need a optimize for the msdos volume(s), I recommend VOPT (commercial) or DOG. THe latter is shareware and is safe. I have used it successfully. All in all, no real harm done. Thanks for the response! Ray Waxmonsky (waxmonrw@snybufva)