Re: Probable non-DOS disk

> GD>What do you do to correct a disk when it says: "Probable non-DOS disk"
>   >when I chkdsk the drive?  It's a DBLSPACEd drive & it just popped up
>   >somehow...  Please help me!  Thanx!  L8r!  GD
> That means DOS had a read error when it tried to access the drive.
> Could be DOS couldn't find its IO.SYS or MSDOS.SYS file, or
> you could have a real problem and your format or FAT is messed up.

I think this might be the prob.

> Check to see that DOS' system files are in the path when you run it.

They're there...

> or DBLSPACE.BIN might not be in the path.

Hmmm...  could be...  I checked & only had it in H:\ & that wasn't in my
path..  I'll reboot after I log off..

> If your testing a hard drive, did you try running CHKDSK on the
> compressed volume's drive letter?  It can only check physical drives.

Yeah, but it never happened before...

> To check a compressed volume use SCANDISK and give it the physical drive
> letter and the volume name, i.e. SCANDISK C:\DBLSPACE.000

I don't have SCANDISK, I'm still running 6.0

> If DOS can find all its files, SCANDISK is your best shot at fixing it.

Ok, I'll try to upgrade...    Thanx!  L8r!  GD