Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!sdsu!crash!pro-graphics.cts.com!elund From: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Probable NON-DOS disk message Message-ID: <1688@crash.cts.com> Date: 28 Feb 90 07:56:13 GMT Sender: root@crash.cts.com Lines: 14 > I have exactly the same problem using Seagate 40 Mb (ST251-1). > Seems to me that it is not because of brand name of HD. It may be > due to MS-DOS itself ???? No, see my other message. Something fiddled with your File Allocation Table. If you have MACE Utilities, run NONDOS to fix it. If not, get the PAUL MACE GUIDE TO DATA RECOVERY. If both options are out, do you have PCTOOLS or NORTON UTILITIES? If so, drop me a line and I'll detail the necessary cure. Eric W. Lund *DISCLAIMER "Disclaimers are for weak people."* Prodigy: xcbr22b UUCP: ...crash!pro-graphics!elund *COWS FOR RENT* ProLine: elund@pro-graphics Internet: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com ** ARPA/DDN: pro-graphics!elund@nosc.mil