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From: mrr1@Isis.MsState.Edu (mark r rauschkolb)
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Subject: Re: HELP I'M BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY AN XT
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Date: 28 May 91 00:20:53 GMT
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     I will assume that when you installed the 3,30 system you used the SYS 
command.

     You said you reformatted the drive.  Does this mean that there is nothing
on it, including no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS?  If these are there, try 
removing them - one of the drivers in CONFIG.SYS may not be compatible. 

     Can you boot the system from the 3.30 floppy?  
     If so, can you run CHKDSK, FDISK, or FORMAT on drive C?

     If CHKDSK doesn't find a large number of bad sectors, ignore the
        low-level format (which can be done by running DEBUG and giving 
        the command G=C800:5 and following the prompts)
     
     Do a FORMAT c: /s (from drive a)
     rebooting the system should work - no autoexec or config.sys to cause
       problems.

 -Mark
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