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  1. Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware:1579 comp.os.os2:306 comp.os.os2.misc:29065
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!uflorida!cybernet!azzarito
  3. From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
  5. Subject: Re:  c: drive fails, pc won't boot
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep2.220445.3306@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
  7. Date: 2 Sep 92 22:04:45 GMT
  8. References: <BtyqI7.6M6@unx.sas.com>
  9. Sender: news@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
  10. Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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  13. In article <BtyqI7.6M6@unx.sas.com> sasjrm@beatle.unx.sas.com (Jeff McDermott) writes:>
  14. >we have a c: hpfs drive that does not completely
  15. >boot up os/2 2.0 (it crashes after the os/2 logos appear) 
  16. >and booting from a: using the os/2 2.0 install diskette does not 
  17. >allow us to access the c: drive either.
  18.  
  19. Have you tried booting from diskette, and using CHKDSK without trying to
  20. access the drive first?  CHKDSK is on diskette 2.
  21.