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yesniyah
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 Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 5:35 pm |
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When booting my PC, I get tis
"Invalid system disk
replace the disk and then press any key"
it won't go away no matter what i try.
help me, PLEEASSSEEEE !!!
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Visigoth
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 5:42 pm |
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Hahahaha you're fucked =D
Actually, that means one of several things:
1: It is not detecting your hard drive properly, and is requesting the aid of a bootable diskette.
2: Your hard drive has failed, and is no longer bootable, requiring a bootable diskette.
3: You have a floppy (or CDROM depending on your BIOS setting) in your drive that is not bootable. Remove it and restart.
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Tinusch
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 5:47 pm |
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Yeah, 9 times out of 10 it just means you have to take the disk out of your drive.  |
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yesniyah
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 6:14 pm |
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| no disk in A drive nor CDROM drive i'm hoping that it isn't the hard drive. any other suggestions? |
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faustgfx
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 7:02 pm |
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install a operating system or make a file system for starters..
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jHof
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2000 7:13 pm |
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| Sounds like your Boot order might have been funked around with. Is it looking for "C only" or "A only" or "C,A, SCSI" Set that to "C only" in the bios. If your still getting that error. Make it boot "A only" and then use a boot disk and see if a:\>c: lets you switch drives. If that doesn't work, sounds like your gona need a new HD dawg. |
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yesniyah
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2000 5:30 am |
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had to fdik and then format the damn thing. my mom was pissed but she'll get over it. thanks peeps...LEO.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2000 12:10 pm |
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i know this is probably late, but you could have gotten a bootable CD, then sys'd the hard drive,..
e.g.
booted with the floppy in the computer
and when it got to a:\> you could have typed
"sys c:"
then rebooted the computer w/out the floppy..
i suppose this is an FYI for future reference |
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Chapel
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2000 4:00 am |
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| Next time just boot to a DOS disk and run fdisk /mbr. Clears your master boot record and doesn't touch your data. |
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