mfr3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Matthew F Ringel) (06/11/91)
Here's a question for you.
I was messing around with my CONFIG.SYS file such that I could run the
game WING COMMANDER with my extended memory. Unfortunately, when I
was done, and rebooted, the machine forgot that I had a D: drive.
I have two 20 Meg partitions on my Hard disk. The only problem is
that now, DOS seems to think that my D: drive is a non-DOS partition, when
I know that it is.
Yes, I kept a backup of my CONFIG.SYS file, the only problem is that
it was saved on my D: drive, so that point is kind of moot.
Is there anyway of reclaiming my D: drive, I really don't feel like
replacing approximately 18 Megs worth of data.
Please e-mail responses to me.
Thank y'all in advance...
-Matthew
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..and said that it was pretty neat.{} Columbia University Football #1!dj@ctron.com (DJ Delorie) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.155023.13007@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, mfr3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Matthew F Ringel) writes: > I was messing around with my CONFIG.SYS file such that I could run the > game WING COMMANDER with my extended memory. Unfortunately, when I > was done, and rebooted, the machine forgot that I had a D: drive. > > Yes, I kept a backup of my CONFIG.SYS file, the only problem is that > it was saved on my D: drive, so that point is kind of moot. I discovered (the *hard* way) that it's a REQUIREMENT to have a bootable floppy with enough utilities and drivers on it to completely boot and configure your system, and that it should be kept up to date. My floppy has config.sys & autoexec.bat to match the hard drive, plus diagnostics, Norton's Utilities & Disk Doctor, a set of CMOS values, symdeb, MicroEmacs, and a few other utilities. You never know. DJ dj@ctron.com
burton@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) (06/28/91)
In article <1991Jun27.160211.24349@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov writes: >In article <39010007@hpopd.pwd.hp.com>, dcc@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Daniel Creswell) writes... >>You should be able to use FDISK or an equivalent to re-write the partition >>data on drive D: and that should ressurect it. >> >>I can only think of one way to loose your d: drive and that would be if you >>had a device such as 'multivol.sys' missing. > >If you formatted and partitioned your HD with Seagate's Disk Manager >(ONTRACK), there's a dmdrvr.bin file that needs to be loaded at boot with >a device command in config.sys. > >Stephen Ummm...just to be picky...its NOT Seagate's Disk Manager (ONTRACK). The *company* ONTRACK produces the software Disk Manager and Disk Technician which it licenses to Seagate and *most* other disk drive manufacturers (or possibly to the distributors of the drives such as CompuAdd and Hard Drives International). Basically when you purchase a hard disk of > 32mb (and often of > 20mb depending on the company) you get a copy of ONTRACK's Disk Manager / Disk Technician... I know..."picky, picky" and ... "who cares" John +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Burton | | G & A Technical Software | | jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov | | burton@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov | | jcburt@cs.wm.edu | | | | Disclaimer: Hey, what can I say...These are *my* views, not those | | of anyone else, be they employer, school, or government| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+