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From: ECONO@latvax8.lat.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Problem with CHKDSK
Message-ID: <344@latvax8.lat.oz>
Date: 6 Feb 90 09:19:00 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
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Any advice with the following problem would be greatly appreciated.

	The last time I ran CHKDSK I received the message, "Probable non-DOS
disk". Previous runs of CHKDSK had never reported this problem and after
consulting my DOS manual, it seems that I have inadverdently destroyed the
information describing the characteristics of my hard disk to DOS.

	The whole thing has left me very perplexed. How could I have lost
this information? Is there any way I can recover it? Should I reformat the
hard disk? If I don't, are there any nasty surprises waiting for me if I
continue to use the system as it currently stands?

Nils Olekalns
Economics Department
LaTrobe University
Victoria
Australia 3083