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From: hullp@cogsci.berkeley.edu (             )
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Subject: (was Re. urgent hd. dsk. problem) MANY THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP
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Date: 29 Sep 88 02:09:42 GMT
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Subject: (WAS RE. LOST DATA) THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED SAVE MY DATA
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Many thanks to all for the many  suggestions on how to save my
data when I lost access to my hard drive after inserting 
"keyboard.sys" in my "config.sys" file.

None of the regular utilities (even Norton Advanced in Maintenance
mode) could access it.  Miraculously, everything (except my DOS
directory which is no big deal, and easily replaced) rose from
the dead as follows:
   I had a Phoenix hard disk installation program designed for an AT
system (I have an XT clone).  Having tried everything else, I ran
this program and ran the "Install partition" option.  Suddenly , on the 
program's disk map, a bootable DOS sector appeared.  I left the program
and entered "C:" for the nth. time since I'd lost access to the disk.
Lo and behold! "C:\->" (my usual C drive prompt) appeared on the screen
and a "dir/w" revealed everything was intact.  After removing 
"keyboard.sys" from my "config.sys" file, the system happily booted
up from my hard disk.

Miracles DO happen!

Many thanks again.

Philip.


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