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Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:38:57 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: HPFS Problems? Help!

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Hi Lance,

musicmanheg@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I tried to use GTU to check the
> surface, the program locks up the system (at a certain point) and I
> got a TRAP (this was after I left it running for several hours).

I've got both Gammatech Utilities and Graham Utilities. I only use
Graham; I feel it works better.

> Why are the new IDE drivers needed? Are they a part of LARGEDASD?

Your drive is only 2 GB, so you don't need the new IDE drivers.

> ... what happens if I run CHKDSK on the E: partition? The new
> file structure can be successfully checked by the old CHKDSK?

I haven't heard that it can't. The actual file structure (HPFS) hasn't
changed.

> I think I need to replace the hard drive. But first I would like to
> attempt to recreate E:, formatting first. Is there anything I need to
> be aware of? I run format, SYSINSTX, and then restore, and that
> should do the trick?
>
> And if that doesn't, I might possibly copy the C: and D: partitions to
> the new drive (temporarily installed as the second physical), swap
> drives, and restore as above? Or copy everything first and see if it
> will boot? Hmm. That might be the simplest. The new drive is 2.1
> gig, I believe. Perhaps the old one was, too.

Well, heck. I've done that (copied partitions between drives for
safety) on most of my machines from time to time. I've used both XCOPY
(type HELP XCOPY at the command prompt; I use /E /S /V) and Partition
Magic; both work for me.

Sounds like you're about to copy the partitions and then change the
flakey drive. That's a good plan as far as I can tell. Good luck. :)

- Peter

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