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In article <1992Jul31.195202.17638@rei2.uucp> fox@rei2.uucp (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
>Path: exucom.exu.ericsson.se!ericom!sunic!mcsun!uunet!rei2!fox
>From: fox@rei2.uucp (Fuzzy Fox)
>Subject: Re: My trusted utilities stopped working!?! Help!
>Message-ID: <1992Jul31.195202.17638@rei2.uucp>
>Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:52:02 GMT
>References: <18668@bunny.GTE.COM>
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>jp07@gte.com (James Paschetto) writes:

>>I just re-configured my 386 from DOS 3.1 with a drive partitioned C: (5 megs)
>>and D: (150 megs) to DOS 4.01 with a single 155 meg partition.  This seemed
>>to go without a hitch, but now some of my old standby utilities can't find
>>existing data files.

>You mentioned DOS 4.01....are you loading SHARE.EXE, which is required
>to properly access large-media drives?

>-- 
>#ifdef TRUE         | Fuzzy Fox                  fuzzy@netcom.com
>#define  TRUE   0   | a.k.a. David DeSimone      an207@cleveland.freenet.edu
>#define  FALSE  1   |          "This article was probably generated
>#endif              |                  by a buggy news reader."

Some older utilities can't handle DOS 4's FAT either.  For them you will 
need to upgrade.  An example is Norton's DIRSORT.EXE.
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