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Title:	IBM PCs, clones, DOS, etc.
Notice:	Intro in 1-11, Windows stuff in NOTED::MSWINDOWS please
Moderator:	TARKIN::LINND

Created:	Tue Jan 03 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3023
Total number of notes:	28404

2997.0. ""operating system not found" Missing partition." by SNOFS2::JEYACHANDRAN () Thu Apr 24 1997 10:55

	I tried to run "setup" for Sophos Sweep from our Server at
	Sydney. It gave an error message (I did not bother to write it down as
	it seemed normal Windows error message which shuts the application).

	The computer (Pentium running Windows 95 with Multibooot for NT)
	froze for a while & when I shut the application (Ctrl + Alt + del),
	it rebooted.

	After the reboot, I got the message "Operating system not found"
	message. I booted from Windows 95 startup disk. Fdisk/status showed 
	that the original boot disk C (IDE drive) was drive 1 but did not have
	a drive assignment, but the original SCSI disks D & E were showing as 
	drives C & D respectively (disk 2 & 3). Disk 1 showed the full 
	814 M Bytes as free & usage % blank.

	If I do an fdisk & use option 4 to show the partition info for current
	disk 1, it comes up with "no Partition defined" msg.

	I did not want to define a Primary DOS partition on disk 1 as this 
	would clobber all my data on my boot disk.

	Is there any utility on the WEB I can use which will create a Primary 
	DOS Partition, and still recover my data?

Thanks in advance.

Daniel.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2997.1	Norton Util EMERGENCY RESCUE?	JULIET::HARRIS_MA	Networks Sales Exec	`Thu Apr 24 1997 14:57`	8
	I would guess that the reason you were loading SWEEP was due to a possible Virus. Your symptoms sure sound like a virus did it's deed. You might ne able to find help by getting a full NORTON UTILITIES for W95 kit and follow their emergency instructions. I'm not even sure if that is enough in your case, but it's possible. Mark
2997.2	Norton Should Do It	SMURF::HASKELL	Guerrilla Engineer	`Thu Apr 24 1997 16:05`	2
	The Norton Utilities should do it for you. They do perform this task for Windows 3.11. They did for me.
2997.3	Virus	NNTPD::"jeyachandra@mail.dec.com"	Daniel Jeyachandran	`Sat Apr 26 1997 06:40`	13
	Hi, Thanks for the quick response. In fact I did not have any Virus at all. I was trying to be pro-active trying to install the automatic monthly update feature of our server. Once I recover (Sigh! If I recover!), I shall try & the same procedure. If it does the same thing, then I know that the automatic set up Program may be the culprit! Daniel. [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]