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pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) writes:

> After some software anomolies, I decided to run a disk optimizer
> (fastrax), which had me run chkdsk first.  It found problems in a
> hidden file ibmbio.com among others, and truncated it. Not knowing the
> significance at the time, I compacted away.  Later, when my machine
> wouldn't boot, I deleted and copied both ibmbio.com and ibmdos.com
> several ways, ("sys" didnt work), but cannnot solve it and I suspect
> some directory tinkering might.  I am runing msdos 3.30 on a zenith
> supersport286e.
> 
> I know I can fully back up my disk, then reformat it, and run
> install and sys, but that will take many hours and floppies. Do any
> experts know a shorter way? Thanks in advance.
>
Well, you don't exactly have to reformat things. I heard that NORTON
DISK DOCTOR will move things around and solve this problem with a
one stroke action.

Alternatively, if you have NORTON UTILITIES, you can run NU to look
at you disk map. Find the first few first on your disk (I mean in
terms of physical position). Generally say the first 5 clusters would
do. Note the file names, copy them to another names ... Then, delete
the original files. Now, do SYS C:. Pretty complicated ?? Then, you
can rename those files back. And you are set.

The whole idea is to create enough room at the start of the disk for 
IBMBIO and IBMDOS. This should confuse you totally ...  :-). This is
how I upgrade from DOS 3.30 to DOS 4.01.


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