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Re: Invalid System Disk?
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Joe Drysdale <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:24:16 EDT
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In a message dated 7/8/98 2:08:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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>  They seem to be formatted with fat16 and

The first thing I would do in this situation is boot up from a floppy with
system files , format and FDisk.  Run FDisk C: to be sure of the partitions
(active?), then format C: /s
What "seems" to be is not always what it seems to be.

Sincerely,

Joe Drysdale

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