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From: pfcouvares@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 Upgrade
Message-ID: <13517.286c8ccc@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 29 Jun 91 13:36:11 GMT
References: <9106281756.AA10310@oak.oakland.edu>
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
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> According to the documentation,
> once 5.0 is loaded, booting the system with an older version of DOS may
> seriously mess with your hard disk.

	I found this out the hard way!  I had a major problem because DOS 3.3,
once booted up from floppy, couldn't recognize the large DOS 5.0 partition on
my hard drive. It told me the HD had a non-DOS partition. I guess since it
couldn't recognize the new larger partition, it thought it wasn't DOS.

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