[sdiy] OT: I need help form someone that recommended a DOS program link

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Didn't mention if you were running some flavor of Windows. So here goes for
the Windows stuff. But it's been a long time and I can't remember what
belongs to what OS.

Some of the OS' have the ability to repair what they call the master boot
record or mbr. Depending on the OS you might be able to use this as a
command line option for format or fdisk (format mbr or fdisk mbr). Can't
remember which. This will rewrite the boot record on the disk. Also with W2K
there are some recover process' that can be ran from the boot discs.

Keep in mind there are a number of things that can hose a dos installation
on a modern PC. Main thing I ran across in the 512 meg disc limit along with
a 16 bit FAT.

Jay S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of J. Larry Hendry
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:33 PM
> To: Synth-DIY
> Subject: [sdiy] OT: I need help form someone that recommended a DOS
> program link
>
>
> A couple of days ago, someone recommended a link to some software that
> allowed running DOS programs in the windows environment.  It seemed better
> than a DOS prompt as it promised real control of the disk drives (for
> software like blind imaging programs).
>
> Unfortunately, I did download and install that utility.  It has completely
> f**ked my PC.  On booting, I get a "no operating system" error.
> Well, like
> any good geek, I got my bootable emergency floppy and booted my
> machine and
> mounted my drives allowing me to re-install the operating system.
>  After all
> that, I still do not have a bootable hard drive.  So, I am now on
> a separate
> PC trying to figure it all out.  If that person could send that
> link again.
> I want to go see what's up with that software and see if it will give me
> some clue as to how to recover from the mess I am in.
>
> Sorry for the public bandwidth.
> Larry Hendry
>
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