Date:	Sat, 1 Feb 1997 19:21:12 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Poehlman <poehlman AT clark DOT net>
To:	"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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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That makes sence considering what subsequently occured which was I got a c
prompt after all and did a dir and got no files and no bytes free.  talk
about mixed up, I'll try your suggestion.  I looked at fdisk and tot a
menu when I tried to create a bood record, It said It couldn't do it.
saga continues.  I created or attempted to create a dos partition, but
allas, I'm not getting true hd access.  I'll tell youyou more when I know
more.  I now boot to a blank screen with a cursor.  If you have further
input. please don't hesitate.  It is looking more an more like I will have
to start from scratch if I am lucky.
Thanks!


On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:

> 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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