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Article #2960Re: LABEL in DOS 6.22 "Cannot make directory entry" ???
From: Anti-spam Chris Kennington
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <OBRCpzaG#GA.244@ntdwwaaw.compuserve.com>
72027.3605@CompuServe.COM "Bob Bailin" writes:
"You can't label a disk (hard or floppy) with DOS 6.22 or earlier once it's
"been labelled with Win95 or later. If you don't need the data on the disk,
"reformat it using format c: /u under DOS 6.22, otherwise, use Norton to remove
"the label directory entry using the disk editor.
What an absolutely fascinating system Win95/98 is! Does this apply
to a label created under "DOS 7", ie Win95 restarted into DOS mode or
booted with StartGUI=0? (And can you have long volume labels?)
Chris K.
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