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Name: S.S
Date: May 6, 2008 at 13:45:40 Pacific
OS: Windows 98SE
CPU/Ram: P4 2.0ghz 128mb
Product: IBM thinkcentre
Comment:

Hi,
after installing MS-DOS 6.22 I got an error message saying "disk read error (DOS)press any key". After I pressed any key another message said "no operating system found. press F1 to repeat boot sequence". My question is what can I do to fix this problem?



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Name: DosX
Date: May 7, 2008 at 12:40:45 Pacific
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Maybe you forgot to "set active partition" in Fdisk after you created partitions. Boot from installation disk, quit from installation program, run Fdisk and select "Set active partition" (option 2).


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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: May 7, 2008 at 13:57:50 Pacific
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If you're running an old hard drive in that P-4 it's possible the hard drive needs more time to spin up and be properly recognized. Look in cmos/bios setup and see if there's a 'hard disk pre delay' (or similar wording) and set it for 5 seconds or so.

What is the hard drive model #?


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