AT Gigafile Disk Driver Does Not Work with MS-DOS 5.0 (75356)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q75356

SYMPTOMS

You are using an AT Gigafile disk driver manufactured by Core Technology on your MS-DOS 5.0 system, and your system stops responding (hangs).

CAUSE

According to Core Technology, the AT Gigafile disk driver does not work with MS-DOS version 5.0.

The AT Gigafile disk driver provides disk partitioning to manipulate the 32 MB partition limitation under versions of MS-DOS earlier than version 4.01. This utility is very similar to the Disk Manager and Speed Store disk-partitioning software.

If the Gigafile disk driver is used, the following line is found in CONFIG.SYS: 
   device=[drive:][path]GIGAAT.SYS
The system stops (hangs) if this line is present when MS-DOS 5.0 is used.

WORKAROUND

  1. Back up your hard drive.
  2. Install MS-DOS 5.0 to floppy disks (that is, use "setup/f").
  3. Use FDISK from the MS-DOS 5.0 Support disk (created during setup to floppy).
  4. Delete old non-DOS partition information.
  5. Create a new MS-DOS partition.
  6. Format and Restore your hard drive.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:KB75356
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