farber@udel-ee.arpa (02/14/84)
From: Dave Farber <farber@udel-ee.arpa>
I asked on Compuserve about a real nasty I found with DOS 2.1
and got this answer. Why are we not told about such things by IBM?
Dave
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Sb: #29222-DOS 2.1
12-Feb-84 14:43:32
Fm: John Chapman 70205,1217
To: Dave Farber 76010,104 (X)
Dave: did you REFORMAT your hard disk with DOS 2.1? - There's a known
problem with DOS 2.0 format that is corrected in 2.1.. I've had similar
problems on both an XT/10M and an APPARAT/PC 27M drive: copy , alleged O.K.
(with verify on) then access to the data produces DISK/DATA ERROR WHILE
READING DRIVE [d:
This is supposed to be generated because DOS 2.0 format can't correctly label
two consecutive bad tracks, or something like that; I reformatted my HD's
when 2.1 arrived; AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE .. if you didn't
reformat, I'd suggest doing that, even if it's a hassle dumping stuff...
you might find some more trashed files during the BACKUP (I did)
....See Ya...
John <>