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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: After OS2/2 Reinstallation, SYS005 Errors
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 01:48:27 GMT
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- Keywords: reinstall
- References: <roelle.714160655@uars_mag> <1992Aug18.221104.28756@njitgw.njit.edu>
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- In <1992Aug18.221104.28756@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
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- >In article <roelle.714160655@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
- >>2. Deleting hidden files: "EA DATA. SF", "WP ROOT. SF", "OS2BOOT",
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
- >> "OS2KRNL", and "OS2LDR".
-
- >Big mistake! You deleted all the extended attributes, but you didn't
- >clear the FAT flags that OS/2 uses to indicate the presence of EA's.
- >So, OS/2 thinks the file has EAs, but it can't load them. Your only
- >solution now is to reformat the partition.
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-
- Er, well, no, it may not be quite that bad. As someone who has deleted
- EA DATA. SF and WP ROOT. SF before, I found that running CHKDSK seemed
- to clean everything up. OC, I didn't delete these files from the
- partition with OS/2 installed--that would probably require a CHKDSK from
- floppy, and a reinstall. But you certainly shouldn't have to reformat.
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