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Norton Utilities 5.01 Error Messages (Users)

posted by CluelessInSeattl, Seattle, USA, 18.08.2012, 00:16

[Continued from previous message]

Here's the contents of the UPDATE directory:

FILE_ID DIZ 390 06/25/1994 04:08 PM
NU8 EXE 1,962,583 06/14/1994 07:30 PM
PATCH EXE 76,981 08/12/1992 06:00 AM
PKUNZIP EXE 29,378 02/01/1993 02:04 AM
PKZIP EXE 42,166 02/01/1993 02:04 AM
README UPD 1,529 06/02/1994 07:37 PM
RUNME BAT 223 06/02/1994 07:37 PM
UPDATE BAT 2,023 06/14/1994 11:29 AM
update lst 0 08/17/2012 02:52 PM
9 File(s) 2,115,273 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1,062,121,472 bytes free


> Also, what files were extracted
> from NU8.EXE? If it's a zip-archive executable, try running:
> [code]
> pkunzip /vb nu8.exe > nu8.lst

Searching ZIP: NU8.EXE

Length Method Size Ratio Date Time Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ----
2023 DeflatN 694 66% 06-14-94 11:29 UPDATE.BAT
76981 DeflatN 45141 42% 08-12-92 06:00 PATCH.EXE
1529 DeflatN 714 54% 06-02-94 12:37 README.UPD
1767469 DeflatN 1730905 3% 06-14-94 12:29 NU8PATCH.RTP
113838 DeflatN 111441 3% 05-05-94 11:15 SYMUP.EXE
3824 DeflatN 2089 46% 05-18-94 08:00 SYMEVNT1.DLL
33430 DeflatN 14995 56% 05-18-94 08:00 SYMEVNT.386
88128 DeflatN 40241 55% 05-18-94 08:00 SYMUTIL3.DLL
------ ------ --- -------
2087222 1946220 7% 8

> Also i want to mention again: The DOS6 utility UNDELETE is similar to the
> NU UNERASE, and the DOS6 utility SCANDISK is similar to the NU DiskDoctor.
> You should have both these DOS utilities in your MS-DOS 6.21 distribution.
> I mention this just in case you want to get going looking for deleted files
> on the drive. Norton Utilities are nice, but you should already have the
> tools to get started!
Thanks for that tip, Doug.

At this point my objective is just to get my old DOS system up and running on my new(er) laptop in the same way that it ran on the old and long since dead laptop. As I think I may have mentioned, I had a lot of complex batch files on that system that called Norton utilities.

So, right now, all I'm after is trying to revive the old system.

Then, once I get it working right, I would like to begin the process of transferring it over to a current version of DOS. But I'm not ready to start making modifications in it at this point. If I were to try to substitute an MS-DOS utility for a Norton utility it would mean making a lot of changes in a bunch of batch files. And that would be opening a whole new can of worms.

My health is failing and I have precious little energy left to me, so I can only take this project slowly and in very small steps.

At this point I'm thinking that the most logical next step would be to reformat the hard drive in the new(er) laptop into smaller partitions that my old Norton 5 would be able to see. I still have the hard drive from my old laptop, so I could look at it to determine the size of its partitions, and then create the same size partitions on this newer machine.

I'd still like to get that Norton 8 running though, so I'd have it handy if I decide to switch over to larger partitions. But who knows. Maybe I'll be just fine with smaller partitions. After all, I'm just creating text files, that don't take up much space.

---
Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21

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