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Date: | Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:02:23 -0500 |
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If scandisk (boot from floppy with scandisk)won't cure your problem,
look in the bios setup utility for hard drive setup/format.
If there is the option, will should also have ability to scan
& mark disk surface defects. 3rd party software like spinrite or
drivepro will also do this for you.
Richard Quilhot, C.N.A.
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Now, now, don't laugh too loud.
I was given an old 286 with a 40 mb Hard Drive.
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I can boot to the C: drive and see the directory (dir/w) without a
problem. I can run other programs that are on the hard drive and
in other directories.
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However, if I change to the "windows" directory (win 3.1) and then
try to view the directory the following errror message pops up.
"general failure reading drive C: abort, retry, fail?"
This error message pops up every time in the "WINDOWS" directory
only. Any ideas?
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Any help is sincerely appreciated.
Dave Thuillier Chief scripter & Master of the arcane web at
Dreamer's Den Game Shoppe - Hillsboro, New Hampshire
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