On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 03:52:30PM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday August 17 2002 02:04 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > On Saturday 17 August 2002 12:41 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Thanks Randy, I'm willing to give it a try. But where can I get Dos > > > 5 or 6? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > How about here: > > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > > > All good advice so far, I'd just add the best and easiest way to > check a drive out is to use the manufacturers diagnostic. I'm not aware > of any drive manufacturers that don't either supply one with the drive > (even OEM drives), or make one available for d/l from their website. > IBM even has Linux versions, but regardless of FS system, they all > result in a bootable floppy that will check the HDD for errors, often > better and more safely than 3rd party stuff will. > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
I booted into dos and tried to format c: and got an invalid drive specification error. So, I think the HD is shot anyway :( Thanks everybody for your help! Todd -- Todd Slater
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