Hard drive blues

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1 total messages Started by Matt Alexander Fri, 12 Oct 1990 14:13

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Author: Matt Alexander
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 14:13

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	Can anyone out there explain this? I was moving files around in
Message-ID: <1020@lclark.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 90 22:16:43 GMT
Reply-To: matta@lclark.UUCP (Matt Alexander)
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Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
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the directories of my 71MB hard drive, and now when I boot it up,
it says "insert systems disk drive A". My drive and files are still
there, but the computer won't boot with it. 
	After some searching and a lot of panicing, I realized the
IO.SYS file was accidentaly moved to a diffrent directory. I moved it
back to the root, but it still wants a floppy systems disk.
	It's a 386/25 1MB with Dos 4.1 from PC BRAND. I've been trying
the tech-help phone number for days, but all I get is a buzy signal
(Hmmmm...). I'm practically illiterate in MS-DOS, so no solution is
too obvious. Any ideas?
Please?
(Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?  =]  )         matta@lclark.bitnet
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