[Coco] PC Xp related

[Derek]

On your DOS disk there should be a file called chkdsk. Boot to a: and type chkdsk c:



You can also use chkdsk c:/auto to try and fix data corruption errors
and I believe chkdsk c: /surface will do a scan for physical errors on the hard drive and
then display them for you.

If you run this and it says that it can not find C: then from your MS-DOS disk you can type sys c:. This will re-write the MS-DOS boot file on the hard drive and can give you access to your drive via DOS at least so you can back up data before doing an XP re-install. If it still will not see the drive then you are most likely looking at a having to delete and recreate the partition using Fdisk and then re-formating the drive.





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--- On Sat, 7/19/08, John T Chasteen <johnchasteen.2 at juno.com> wrote:
From: John T Chasteen <johnchasteen.2 at juno.com>
Subject: [Coco] PC Xp related
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 7:05 AM

Hello coco friends

My Xp desk top computer failed and I want to test the hard drive?
I can boot DOS 6.2 but for some reason it won't install because the way
the c: drive is formatted.
This is an older computer and has an IDE drive and also a 3.5 floppy.

I have fdisk and several dos commands available.

How can I test the harddrive? 

John

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