[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Reading files on older floppies under DOS 3.2

ir491@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (ir491) (07/11/87)

I am a new user of MS-DOS 3.2 on a PC-AT clone. I am having
trouble reading the directory and files on 5-1/4" floppies
formatted under earlier versions of DOS, especially DOS 2.1.
Most of the time the directory is not found. Sometimes the
directory is read ok but some of the files on the disk can
not be read.
Can anyone explain what is happening? Is there a fix?


Harry Bluestein
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, CA 92103

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