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Chris McEwen wrote:
> 
> Bob Shipley wrote:
> ]
> ] Jim Lafleur wrote:
> ] >
> ] > This is a software problem, no big problem, try this:
> ] > 1) the emergency disk sounds like a win95 not win3.x
> ] > 2) you need to add system files to c: drive
> ] > 3) put your emergency rescue disk in a:
> ] > 4) at prompt type sys c:
> ] > 5) then reinstall win95
> ]
> ] The above is sound advice.  It sounds like you didn't install the
> system
> ] files.  The next time you format a hard drive use this command:
> ]
> ] FORMAT C: /S
> ]
> ] This will format the drive and install your system files, making the
> ] drive bootable.  Once this is done you will need to install your DOS
> ] cd-rom drivers if you wish to install Win 95 from a cd.
> 
> Are you two gentlemen certain the fellow intended to loose all his
> wife's data on that partition? From reading his article, I'd say he
> formatted the drive in a desparate attempt to regain control. Any writes
> to that partition will close the door on recovering the old data.
> 
> --Chris McEwen          reply to:
>   Socrates Press        socrates@sprintmail.com

He's already formatted the drive.  Unless he's willing to spend several
hundered dollars on data recovery, his only option is a fresh install.
-- 
Cheers  :-)

Bob

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