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Number   :  535
Date     :  2001-08-06
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy and FAT
Size(KB) :  1



--- plumb_bob_1@y... wrote:
> --- In xxcopy@y..., Michael Marquart 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Fdisk /mbr only operates on the current c: drive,
> but if the 
> partition is
> > primary and active, and you have performed a SYS
> C: with no errors 
> to the
> > replacement drive then it should boot. What is
> the error message 
> exactly?
> 
> The exact error message is: "Disk i/o
> error...replace the disk and 
> then press any key"
> 
> 
> Actually, sys c: results in a "Sector not found
> writing drive C"
> 
> > 
> > Is the HDD the only HDD in the PC? Is the
> master/slave 
> relationship correct?
> 
> Yes...the drive is the only drive .
> 
> > Can you perform a DIR C: after booting from floppy
> disk and see the 
> correct
> > drive and files in the root?
> 
> Yes
> 
> If I run the DOS version of scandisk, I get a
> "scandisk cannot read 
> from last cluster on drive c", then goes on to talk
> about LBA vrs 
> CHS and suggests that I have drive parameters set up
> incorrectly. I 
> used auto-detect in BIOS for setting parameters.
> Just for grins, I 
> also tried the other options (LBA, Large and Normal)
> to no avail. 
> Perhaps the problem is simply that the drive was
> fdisked and 
> formatted in a different machine prior to the
> cloning operation??
> 
> Thank-you much MM
> 
> Frank
> 
> > Go ye quickly to the Microsoft site and get the
latest version of Format.com .. The older versions of
format on larger drives just do not work right.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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