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From: xjzhu@violet.waterloo.edu (XiaoJun Zhu)
Subject: Re: problems with pkunzip?
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.002159.15482@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Keywords: pkunzip, harddisk
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1991 00:21:59 GMT
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Hi, Netters:

Since I didn't receive any reply with respect to my original posting, so
I suspect that maybe a FAQ, but unfortunately, it's not. The disk full
problem is not the case because I have lots of tiny files in my root 
directory. Is there anyone out there who is kind enough to answer my 
question, because I want to make sure that I didn't get a bad harddisk
while my dealer says it's ok.

Following is my original posting:

>>Dear Netters:

>>   I just upgraded my hard disk drive to a Corner 120MB. But it seems to me 
>>there is something wrong with it. The pkunzip program simply refuse to 
>>unpack becasue it says hard disk is full, while the chkdsk says lots of 
>>disk space still available. The zip file passed CRC checking on the floppy
>>but after I copied them to the hard disk, it fails CRC checking. (I tried
>>both xcopy and copy command).  I have never met these situations before,
>>do you know what's the reason ? (The Macfee's antivirus scan doesn't find
>>anything wrong. )
>>
>>   My dealer says maybe the pkunzip file messed up the HD's FAT table. 
>>Also another odd thing is that the various commands that I put in the 
>>autoexec.bat file like DOS PATH sometimes works, sometimes doesn't work.
>>It's very unstable. The system get halted if I set the comspec=c:\dos\command.com, but this is exactly the same command.com as in the root directory.
>>
>>   Anyone knows what's happening here? 

>>Regards, Xiaojun.