Date:	Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:25:43 -0600 (CST)
From:	"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To:	David Poehlman <poehlman AT clark DOT net>
cc:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] Can't load DOS from harddrive after installing Open DOS!
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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, David Poehlman wrote:
> that is true, but this is not the problem.
> it is much ddeeper than that.  my hard drive will not access at all and
> I
> 'm wondering if there is something I can do to get my old dos back without
> taking drastic measures?

There's a hidden FDISK command which will restore the contents of the HD
partition table, use with care should you be using some type of program
which modify's the PT on the fly.

I think it's: FDISK /MBR
Though it's been a while since I needed to do this.

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