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Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:51:58 -0500
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jose E. Dominguez <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Possible Disk Overlay Problem


>Dave Souza wrote:
>
>> The disk overlay program modifies your master boot record to allow
it to
>> load the overlay program when you boot up.
>>
>> If you want to get rid of the overlay, you can overwrite the master
boot
>> record on your hard drive by typing:
>>
>> FDISK /MBR
>>
>> This should remove the overlay and allow you to format the drive
normally.
>>
>> Jose wrote:
>
>What do you do when FDISK /MBR doesn't work? Have done it about a
dozen times
>and still can't get rid of it.
>


Jose,

The next thing I would try is use FDISK and remove the old partition
and start all over.  It's possible that the DDO has created a NON-DOS
type partition.

Another option is to reinstall the DDO software and then use IT'S
uninstall routine to strip it off.

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