Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 327

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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