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In article <66v3hb$183$1@news2.sirius.com>
           minister@sirius.com "Bill R. Adams" writes:

[about trying to use UNDELETE]
"It was worth a try, but unfortunately to no avail.  Since the dealer
"installed the DOS program, it is likely the Uninstall feature was not
"loaded, since it would have required a second boot of the disks to
"load. Thanks for the advice.

[rest snipped]

Bill:

    I'm not going into grandmother-teacher mode (at least not too
 far into it <g>), but we need more exact reports of what goes on.
 Your post quoted above could mean either that UNDELETE did not
 offer any files for deletion, or that it offered some but failed
 to actually undelete them when asked to do so, or that it failed to
 load for some such reason as "incorrect DOS version", or that it
 was not on your boot-floppy, or that the path to the copy on the
 floppy was not set up correctly.  Each of these facts would be
 significant.

    Since you appear to have wiped your DOS off the disk, I can't
 fathom your remarks about the dealer not bothering to include
 UNDELETE (to exclude which, in point of fact, would require more
 work not less).  What matters is whether there is a copy of
 UNDELETE on your boot disk; look at its DIR (or DIRs, since its
 DOS may be in its own directory), to see whether it's there.

    Frankly, I get the impression that you are a bit out of your
 depth.  That is *not* a criticism - there is no earthly reason
 why everyday computer users should understand more than the very
 basics about the internals of their systems.  How many everyday
 drivers can fit new brake-pads on their car, or know when the
 cylinder-head gasket needs changing?  What benefits both drivers
 and computer users is a reasonable amount of fear as to what may
 happen if they try to alter things they do not understand.

    Have you got anyone nearby who is a decent computer-nerd?  If
 so, I'd suggest you get him to look at what's gone on, and if he
 likes post a technical summary so that we can suggest possible
 choices.  Then let him sort it out.  If you go on without the
 necessary understanding, you are likely to make things even worse.

[further comments mailed to Bill]
                                                Chris K.
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