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CHKDSK from Boot Floppy ?
I have an old Iomega NAS that I need to keep alive for about another 8 months. When attempting to boot, the unit Blue Screens and says to run chkdsk / f to attempt to fix the problem. I created a boot disk with chkdsk on it, however...it says cannot be run from DOS. So....do I need to make an NTFS boot disk to run CHKDSK from....or is there another option.
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i formated a floppy from windows as a boot disk, then copied chkdsk onto the floppy. After booting to the floppy, and running chkdks, i get the message that it cannot be run from DOS
It is because you have to make a bootdisk, not just a floppy with chkdsk.
Here you can see how to make a bootdisk:
http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm
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Do you see in my 2 previous answers that i make a do make a BOOT disk. After the book disk is made, then i copy chkdsk onto it. The server boots to the floppy, but cannot run the chkdsk
Oh sorry didn't see that. What does it say then you try to run it?
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after I boot to the floppy and run CHKDSK /F, I get an error saying that chkdsk cannot be run from DOS?...so how do i get CHKDSK to run ?
You are probably using the windows version of chkdsk.
Try to download the ms-dos 5 or 6 version of chkdsk:
http://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/dos.html
Try to download the ms-dos 5 or 6 version of chkdsk:
http://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/dos.html
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It would allso make it possible to run other troubleshooting tools, if chkdsk doesn't fix the problem.
You can allso download various bootdisks from:
http://www.bootdisk.com/