What does "Probable Non-DOS disk" mean?

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From: Peter Steele
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 12:31

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I went to do a chkdsk/f the other day and it reported that drive C
was a "probable non-DOS disk". It gave me the option of continuing
and I did and everything worked fine. What causes this error and
can it be removed. The machine is running DOS 3.3. No partitions
are set up (it's a 20 meg disk). Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!


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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
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Subject: What does "Probable Non-DOS disk" mean?
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