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Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 5:58 am
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Posted by Michael Jurik (8 messages posted)

If it is an active non-dos partition, it usually indicates the use of "disk-overlay" software (such as MaxBlast) when the drive was formatted. THis occurs when you you install a hard drive that is larger than the computer's BIOS can support. Most retail replacement hard drives ship with EZ BIOS or some other form of overlay software. Have you replaced the original hard drive with a new drive since purchasing the machine? Unfortunately, you usually will have to delete the non-dos partition and then create a new dos partition. THis destroys the data on the drive. I don't think PowerQuest's Partition Magic software can change non-dos to dos in a non-destructive manner. You could go to powerquest.com and then e-mail them, asking about safe non-dos to dos formatting using Partition Magic. Otherwise, back up what you can and bite the bullet and reformat. One last thing: At boot up, watch the monitor closely. Look for something to the effect of "EZ BIOS now starting". If you see this or something similar, let me know. You may still have an out. Good luck!

On Monday, January 6, 2003 at 3:08 pm, Satish wrote:
>Mine is listed as Active non-DOS partition. What do I do to make it a DOS partition?
> Also, the command sys /c didn't work.
>
>

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Satish: Monday, January 6, 2003 at 3:08 pm)

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