OS/2 Warp v4 Boot Problems.......sys 02025 sys 02027

[Ndestrukt]

Hi,

I'm having problems with a machine thats running OS/2 Warp. I have 2 partitions. C and D. I'm not experienced on it, and it has critical info on it that I would not want to lose. On boot up I'm getting the error

SYS02025
SYS02027

There are no disks in the system. I am reading that the 02025 error is the same as a Disk Read Error in DOS.
And the 02027 is a Insert System Boot Disk message.

I have the boot disks in my hand. Just wanted to know if there were any special things I needed to know before I get started. And most of all, what do I do when I get started. This is actually a business PC, so I can't afford to lose ANY data, and reinstalling all the software would take FOREVER.

Thanks

 

[LiLithTecH]

It means the boot manager partition is not set to active.

Boot from the Utility disks and at the Prompt type fdisk c:
and follow the instructions on the screen.

 

[Ndestrukt]

I did a debug on the OS/2 Warp 4 system. It's showing that I have a bad cluster. I was wondering, can I run PC-DOS on this system and run a scandisk to see exactly what is failing? If so, where can I find this PC-DOS?

 

[kd7fhd]

Try HDD Regenerator It claims to be able to fix hard drives and after using it on two of mine, it seems to be making a valid claim.

This site doesn't have PCDOS, but you can find several flavors of MSDOS here. PCDOS is nothing but the IBM licensed version of MSDOS.

 

[Ndestrukt]

There is also a D: Partition on the drive that I can boot from. Is there any way I can fix the C: drive from the D: drive?