I've been asking this same question on the net, on many forums, for about
two years - how does a DOS partition suddenly become a Non-DOS partition?

Regrettably, I still don't know the answer.  And although many thousands of
computer users must have viewed my queries, none of them has been able to
offer a solution, either.

About all that I can say is that I doubt if GoBack has anything to do with
it.  Although I've used GoBack from time to time, I had the DOS\Non-DOS
problem long before I heard of GoBack.

I also doubt that the brand of computer has any bearing on the matter.

To answer Jim's original question, I don't believe that there is any known
way to remove the problem without reformatting.  Which is damned annoying
and frustrating, considering that this change is caused by the migration or
juxtaposition of a very tiny number of bytes.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] DOS Partition Changed to Non-DOS


> At 10:29 AM 11/22/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >      I had a problem with a Gateway computer a couple of months ago at a
> > local business.  The computer was very unstable and during the course of
> > my analysis I noticed that when I ran FDISK the partition had been
> > changed from DOS to Non-DOS.  I tried everything I could think of to fix
> > it (instead of writing here) and finally ended up changing the hard
drive.
> >      Today, I get a call from our local bank with a computer
> > problem.  The computer is a Gateway, the same age as the other one.  It
> > has the same problem as the one before.  The computer would boot, go
into
> > Windows 98 but as soon as you moved the mouse, the screen would go
> > blank.  I ran FDISK on this one and the DOS partition had been changed
to
> > Non-DOS.
> >
> >What has caused this problem?
> >Is there a way to change the partition back without loosing the data on
> >the drive?
> >
> >Thanks for your help
> >Jim Cook
>
>
> Some time ago I saw a post on Usenet stating that the non-dos aspect of
> your problems was related to Goback software.  If your system has this
> installed, search www.deja.com with the terms "non-dos" & "Gateway" or
> "Compaq".  HTH
>
>
> Ian Carmichael

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