godawski@usceast.UUCP (04/05/87)
Hi, this problem may not belong in this group, but the problem is frightening me--don't want to lose the data on my HD. I only used these groups because I'm sure the most knowledgeable persons read these groups and I'd appreciate any insight. If you are not interested, just hit "n" or "k" and send flames to circular file. [-) I have recently gotten MS-DOS 3.2 for my computer and installed it after first backing up everything on my 20MB hard disk. The method I chose for installing it was to format the hard disk via DOS 3.2's format command. When I restored everything back to my hard disk, everything was there and in working order. (this was about a week ago). Now, CHKDSK will not run properly. It tells me: D> CHKDSK Volume label ... created ... probable non-DOS disk. continue (Y/N)? The first time I saw this error, my jaw dropped in my lap (hasn't been the same ever since). I of course said "N" because I have no idea what 3.2 will do to my data. OK netters. What do you recommend? I really like the new stuff that 3.2 will do for me, but if i'm going to have major problems with it, i'll go back to 3.1--at least it never buggered me like 3.2 seems to have. Thanks for replys and as before, flames can go to circular file [-) -- <--> Mike Godawski <--> USMail : 1907A Wheat Street; Columbia SC 29205 <--> BITNET : T170139 @ UNIVSCVM <--> ncr-sd!ncrcae-\ <--> E-mail : akgua-->!usceast!godawski <--> ihnp4-/
brown@nicmad.UUCP (04/05/87)
In article <2361@usceast.UUCP> godawski@usceast.UUCP (Mike godawski) writes:
<I have recently gotten MS-DOS 3.2 for my computer and installed it
<after first backing up everything on my 20MB hard disk. The method
<I chose for installing it was to format the hard disk via DOS 3.2's
<format command.
<
<When I restored everything back to my hard disk, everything was there
<and in working order. (this was about a week ago). Now, CHKDSK will
<not run properly. It tells me:
<
< D> CHKDSK
< Volume label ... created ...
< probable non-DOS disk.
< continue (Y/N)?
<
<The first time I saw this error, my jaw dropped in my lap (hasn't been the
<same ever since). I of course said "N" because I have no idea what 3.2
<will do to my data.
I had this show up on one of the PCs that I control. I went digging around,
not for very long, but couldn't find anything funny. BTW, answering yes
wouldn't have caused any trouble.
My cure for it was to completely back up the hard disk, yes that means
answering yes to the question. After that I low-level formated the hard
disk, did the fdisk and the DOS format and then restored the data. It
is still working just fine.
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terminus-/davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (04/06/87)
I have been running 3.2 since a few days after it came out. I *suspect*
that during your restore you got an earlier version of either DOS or the
chkdsk utility in there. Try booting and CHKDSKing from a floppy.
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