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Name: mithrandir
Date: March 23, 2006 at 10:46:15 Pacific
OS: MS-DOS 6.22
CPU/Ram: 486SX-50MHz/4MB
Product: ACER
Comment:

I was reinstalling my old 486 to be used as a simple game station, but even though I installed the operating sytem, it kept asking for a startup disk.

I've removed the partitions with an FDISK, and rewritten the MBR with an FDISK/MBR. I have then created again a primary DOS partition, and formatted the disk.

But now it doesn't even recognize my startup disks. Not even the DOS installation diskette.

If I put the DOS installation diskette, the computer gives a "Non-System disk or disk error" message. If I put a startup disk, it gives a "Disk I/O error" message.

Any ideas as to how can I solve this problem, or what is causing it??

Thanks.



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Response Number 1
Name: T-R-A
Date: March 23, 2006 at 11:44:12 Pacific
Reply:

Could be bad floppies or a bad FDD...


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Response Number 2
Name: Dan Penny
Date: March 23, 2006 at 12:35:48 Pacific
Reply:

Is the bios boot device sequence set for the floppy drive first?

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Response Number 3
Name: franki
Date: March 23, 2006 at 12:38:36 Pacific
Reply:

Have you checked that the BIOS correctly recognizes the hard drive ?

Did you format in FAT16 ??

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255867


You can download a winimage self-extracting DOS6.22 Boot disk here: http://83.67.55.228/boot622.exe


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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Penny
Date: March 23, 2006 at 13:09:43 Pacific
Reply:

If he's;

"... removed the partitions with an FDISK, and rewritten the MBR with an FDISK/MBR. I have then created again a primary DOS partition, and formatted the disk."

then I would say the disk is recognized........

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Response Number 5
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 23, 2006 at 13:42:22 Pacific
Reply:

Is the partition 'active'?

Did you partitiopn with 6.22?

'startup disk' sounds suspicious.


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Response Number 6
Name: jboy
Date: March 23, 2006 at 15:32:36 Pacific
Reply:

I'd tend to go with response #1 (T-R-A) - - try another bootdisk, and if no change, consider changing the drive and/or its data cable

You might also try the disks on another machine just to see - it's not uncommon for a bad floppy drive to ruin diskettes

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Response Number 7
Name: mithrandir
Date: March 27, 2006 at 14:59:47 Pacific
Reply:

thank you all. It was indeed a bad FDD... I removed the case, disconnected everything and then I put it back together.

And it read the disks. :) I kept, however, mi initial problem, and it keeps asking for a startup disk, even after I've installed DOS.


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