Accessing C: from a DOS Boot Disk
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Name: O.J.R.
Date: June 24, 2003 at 09:06:26 Pacific
Subject: Accessing C: from a DOS Boot Disk
OS: Windows 3.1
CPU/Ram: 80386 / 6 Megabytes Ram
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Comment: I have an IBM Personal System 2 that has
been showing the 162 and 163 error codes for
awhile. I got a Dos 6.0 bootdisk which seemed to work fine at first. But then I couldn't access my C Drive. I typed in all
the DOS commands I knew but was unable to find any information about my C Drive other than basic Ram numbers. Since I originally had DOS 5.0, I got a DOS 5 Bootdisk but
had the same problem. Since I cannot access
C:, I cannot get into Windows.
Is it possible that my Hard Drive was accidentally erased and if so, can my files
be recovered?
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Response Number 1
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Name: SkipCox
Date: June 24, 2003 at 09:53:50 Pacific
Subject: Accessing C: from a DOS Boot Disk |
Reply: (edit)Chances are your data is intact. Sounds like may be a battery dead issue on your motherboard. Try this url: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=162%2c+163+error+codes&uid=psg1JBAR-46JRMV&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en Just glanced at it but they suggest a bad floppy drive etc.
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Response Number 2
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Name: x86
Date: June 24, 2003 at 10:22:51 Pacific
Subject: Accessing C: from a DOS Boot Disk
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Reply: (edit)Have the run configuration setup, to make sure the drive is recognised in BIOS. I believe for most PS/2 you can download a bootable configuration floppy!
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Response Number 3
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Name: kev87
Date: July 7, 2003 at 11:47:17 Pacific
Subject: Accessing C: from a DOS Boot Disk |
Reply: (edit)you could have a boot sector virus, i have one and it keeps me from accessing my hard drive from a boot disk if you can boot from the hard drive do it and back up your data then clean it with a virus scanner on another computer with macafee or norton i recomend norton then format the hard drive reinstall dos important!: make sure you have dos backed up or have install disks!
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