Re: =--> HD marked as "unformated" What now? <-=

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From: fcruz
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00

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In <4cgvnn$q4a@majestix.uni-muenster.de>, oestere@asterix.uni-muenster.de (Ralf Oestereich) writes:
>For some reason s.o. used "fdisk", removing the only partition
>of the hard disk: "start-partition, FAT, 515MB" and then saved 
>this.
>
>Now the system is not bootable. When a use my old OS2/2.1 
>installation disks to get in the command line mode, I can
>change to "c:" and all files are still there. When I call
>"fdisk" it tells me that this harddisk is "not-formated"
>
What can I do? 

Get GammaTech Utilities and run partition fixup to create a usable boot
record. You'll be up and running in 5 minutes.

Multitask Consulting carries GammaTech Utilities.

Felix Cruz
SofTouch Systems, Inc

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From: fcruz@softouch.com
Subject: Re: =--> HD marked as "unformated" What now? <-=
Date: 1996/01/07
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