PCBUILD Archives

Personal Computer Hardware discussion List

PCBUILD@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG
Options: Use Classic View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Re: Invalid System Disk?
Joe Drysdale <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:24:16 EDT
text/plain (14 lines) 
In a message dated 7/8/98 2:08:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

>  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

ATOM RSS1 RSS2