COMPAQ DESKPRO Unable to Read Extended DOS Partitions

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q69485

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

The COMPAQ DESKPRO 286 requires the ENHDISK.SYS device driver installed to read extended COMPAQ DOS partitions. The CONFIG.SYS should have the line:

   DEVICE=ENHDISK.SYS

This device driver allows for the recognition of DOS partitions on a physical hard drive that is larger than 32 MB.

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KBCategory: kbhw kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3rdparty WIN30 3.00 3.0 3.00a 3.0a dwsa
Compaq-DOS Compac KBHW MS-DOS

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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