Does it have the a BIOS option for boot sector protection as this can lock the MBR sectors of the hard disk?
-Ed On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 03:39 Michael Rakijas via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I appreciate the suggestion and I made the attempt but chkdsk c: /f > found no errors and no effect on the behavior. It continues not to be > able to boot directly to the hard drive but will if booted to the Live > CD and boot from the hard drive is selected. > > Respectfully, I don't think the hard drive is the problem. I think > there's some BIOS timing issue that's supposed to protect from boot > sector infiltration of virus or malware. On other drives in cartridges > when swapped in, the BIOS sometimes warns that a restore or rescue image > was not found (or some such message) and booting happens normally. This > system is long gone and hasn't been a problem in just as long. This > warning does not appear with this drive and boot image, I'm not sure why > but I don't think this is the problem. However, it may be a symptom of > where the problem lies. I don't know enough, though, to say it's > related other than it's never been a problem. > > What's going on here, I don't know but there's some interaction that the > CD allows bypassing. > > -Rocky > > On 10/5/2024 12:56 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user wrote: > > Probably better to run from the Live CD and issue "chkdsk C: /f". > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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