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Article #1785** Help! Can't boot from hard disk ! **
From: MA NGAI LING
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 13:33
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 13:33
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Dear netters,
This is posted on behalf of my very ;-( husband. Can someone
please help?
The problem started when he tries to boot up his 486 PC compatible.
(1) Power up, BIOS loaded, memory check, A:, B:, C: drives checked,
system then go back to check A: and hang.
(2) Boot up from A: drive and able to access everything on C: drive
(3) use scan 8.6v93 --> no virus found
(4) used PC Tools 7.0, discovered invalid FAT entry. Fixed.
(5) Reboot, same result as step (1).
(6) Reboot, and enter SETUP. Found the following messages:
"Diskette Drive 1 Failure"
"System configuration invalid. Review first page"
** From the above observation, my husband concluded that the hard disk
configuration is incorrect/corrupted. Current settings are:
HDD : Type 47, cyl=1024,HD=12,PRE=-1, LZ=1024, Sec=17, size=102
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Can someone suggest what the setting should be for a 105MB HD?
Or what could be the problem? Please note that he can boot from A:
and can see C: once the machine is running.
Please email reply as I don't read this group (no flame please!).
Thanks a million in advance.
Ida
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