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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