scpinker@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Scott C. Pinkerton) (04/11/90)
Hello, I just recently purchased a Zenith 386, runs at 25 Mhz, with the 1492 FTM, and has a 70 Meg ESDI hard disc. About all I've installed on it is Windows/386 and Microsoft Word 5.0. I borrowed someones copy of Norton Utilities Version 4.0, and when I try and run it - it has problems accessing the hard disc. E.g. it cannot read the volume label on the hard disc, it cannot display any directory info. I'm having similar type problems with QDOS2 - namely, an inability to read/see anything on the hard disc. Is this a problem with this version of Norton, or is this related to having an ESDI hard disc? Any comments/experiences/work arounds would be helplful. If others are having this problem, and I develop a work around I'll be happy to share it. scpinker@pikes.colorado.edu
rb@ac.dal.ca (04/11/90)
In article <3531@pikes.Colorado.EDU>, scpinker@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Scott C. Pinkerton) writes: > > Hello, I just recently purchased a Zenith 386, runs at 25 Mhz, with > the 1492 FTM, and has a 70 Meg ESDI hard disc. About all I've installed on > it is Windows/386 and Microsoft Word 5.0. I borrowed someones copy of > Norton Utilities Version 4.0, and when I try and run it - it has problems > accessing the hard disc. E.g. it cannot read the volume label on the hard > disc, it cannot display any directory info. I'm having similar type problems > with QDOS2 - namely, an inability to read/see anything on the hard disc. > > Is this a problem with this version of Norton, or is this related to > having an ESDI hard disc? Any comments/experiences/work arounds would be > helplful. > > If others are having this problem, and I develop a work around I'll > be happy to share it. > > scpinker@pikes.colorado.edu Norton has a special version of the utilities that works on the Z386 with ZDOS 3.3+. The zenith dos is an enhanced dos3.3, not quite 4.0 but different enough from straight 3.3 that some things do not work with it. The problem probably stems from ZDOS3.3+'s ability to use large partitions. Call the norton helpline or whatever for ordering info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick Ballard EMail : RB@AC.DAL.CA Medical Information Services Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia