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From: azk@ece-csc.UUCP (Anwer Kotob)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Updating DOS on a harddisk
Message-ID: <3418@ece-csc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 10:52:05 EST
Article-I.D.: ece-csc.3418
Posted: Thu Nov  5 10:52:05 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 10:25:33 EST
Reply-To: azk@ece-csc.UUCP (Anwer Kotob)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Hello out there:
I have the following problem: In the course of updating from DOS 2.1
to DOS 3.1, I did the following:
	1- erased IBMBIOS.COM and IBMDOS.COM from the harddisk,
	2- did some more deleting and copying,
	3- then tried to do: SYS C:

what I got is a message saying that there is no room for the system on C:

The HD was formatted (when first bought) using the /S flag and used to boot 
up just fine (with DOS 2.1). Also, the drive still has lots of space left.

The two system files need to be in the first two entries in the directory,
so my guess is that those two entries were allocated to another file while
copying to the HD.

Is there a way to remedy this short of backing/formatting/restoring?


Thanks in advance,
-Anwer.