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From: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Probable NON-DOS disk message
Message-ID: <1668@crash.cts.com>
Date: 26 Feb 90 09:56:06 GMT
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> CHKDSK on my D: drive (40 meg Miniscribe partitioned into C:,
> D:, E:) says probable non-DOS disk. Continue?  Norton and Mace
> find no problems with FAT tables or in any files.  No mixing
> of DOS versions on the disk.  I boot up from C:, so no problem.
> Should I be worried?
> 
Run the MACE program NONDOS.  Something has fiddled with your FAT, and changed
the drive descriptor attribute.  This tells the world if the drive is a DOS
disk or not.  It should be set to F8.  NONDOS will fix the byte.  You should
be somewhat worried, because something wrote data where it shouldn't have, and
you should locate the culprit.

                                                  
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