Chapter
14/
Problems
and
Error Messages
Unable
to
create
a
directory
MS-DOS cannot create the directory
you
specified. There might
be a name conflict (you have another file with the same name),
or the disk might be full.
Unrecoverable
error
in
directory
Convert
directory
to
file
(YIN)?
If
you
type Y I
ENTER
I,
CHKDSK converts the bad directory into a
file.
You
can then fix the directory or delete it.
If
you
type N
I
ENTER
I,
the directory becomes unusable, and
you
can neither fix
nor delete it.
You
should always type Y I
ENTER
I.
Use
HFORMAT
to
format
hard
disks
You
are
trying
to use the 2.11 FORMAT command to format a
hard
disk. Use HFORMAT instead.
Warning-directory
full
The disk does not contain enough directory space to recover more
files.
Copy
some files to another disk, then erase the originals.
Run RECOVER again.
WARNING
-Read
error
on
EXE
flle
The amount read was less
than
size
in
header. This is a warning
message only.
EDLIN Error
Messages
When you enter
an
invalid EDLIN command or fail to
follow
the
proper
syntax,
EDLIN
displays
one of
the
following
error
messages:
Cannot
edlt
.BAK
flle
rename
file
You
are
trying
to edit a file with
an
extension of .bak.
You
can-
not
do
so
because EDLIN reserves the .bak extension
for
backup
copies.
If
you need the .bak file
for
editing purposes, you must either
RENAME the file
with
a different extension or
COpy
it, giving
it
a different extension.
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