🚀 go-pugleaf

Well yes things here look a little gloomy. I did misspeak, however,
about the C Drive.  I can only access the C: prompt with the reboot
disk (which constains msdos.sys, Io.sys, confi.sys, autoexec.bat,
command.com, and dblspace.bin).

However it is dead.  This message displays when I search for DIR:
"Volume in Drive C has no Label. Volume Serial Number is 3465-13EA".
When I attempt to access windows (typing Win at the C prompt), I get
this message: "bad command or file name". Sorry for the confusion. - b

4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk (Michael Salem) wrote:
>Bill R. Adams wrote:
>> While purging old files, I deleted my DoubleSpace files.
>> Even with a boot disk, the machine cannot find the C: drive.

>This is worse than just deleting system files; you would normally be able 
>to boot from a floppy and see the C: drive even without system files on C:. 
>Was the hard disc compressed? If so, you'll have to make up a boot disc 
>which loads the DoubleSpace drivers for the version of DOS you're using.

>At this stage, don't try to do anything which would write to your hard 
>drive or change the partitions; i.e., don't use FDISK or anything similar.
>You must, somehow or other, make up a boot floppy which gives you access to 
>your hard disc. (I'm assuming that you deleted system FILES, but didn't do 
>anything that could have damaged the partition table).

>If you have a backup of all your important data, you needn't worry too 
>much, and setting up the disc from scratch may be your best bet.

>Good luck,
>-- 
>Michael Salem (email: use "Reply" command, or mgs at michaels.demon.co.uk)
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