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Name: Clyde
Date: May 7, 2003 at 18:52:08 Pacific
Subject: can't get a:/ prompt
OS: WinXPPro
CPU/Ram: 1.3Athlon/784meg

Comment:

Hey guys and gals, after researching this problem for the last two days I still can't find a remedy to my problem and was trying to find other posts that might lead me to an answer, but woe it was in vain. I've got an OLD P1MMX266 with a titanium 1 board. everything boots normally and it finds the HD and CD and Floppy but I can't get an a:/ prompt even with a boot disk. I've pressed every button known to man but have yet to find the cofig for getting to fdisk, F8, F5, F2, cntrl-alt, etc. Any hints?
Clyde

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Response Number 1

Name: eddieperth
Date: May 8, 2003 at 01:38:58 Pacific
Subject: can't get a:/ prompt

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Does the Floppy disk drive light flash at boot up? Fdisk is usually typed from the Command line( A: prompt) and you go from there. Has the floppy beeen turned off in the Bios?

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Response Number 2

Name: Clyde
Date: May 8, 2003 at 05:46:28 Pacific
Subject: can't get a:/ prompt

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Yes, it reads the Boot Disk, I've gotten it to read the first part of the win98 CD to get to setup and then it reboots and kills the process. I've tried 3 different HD's and still can't get any to go, and can't get into to FDISK to reformat and partition.
Clyde

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Response Number 3

Name: Langener
Date: May 8, 2003 at 11:27:59 Pacific
Subject: can't get a:/ prompt

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Assuming windows are still running have you
tried START>ACCESSORIES>DOS PROMPT ?
At C:\ you might be able to get something
going.

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Response Number 4

Name: Clyde
Date: May 8, 2003 at 16:21:08 Pacific
Subject: can't get a:/ prompt

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Nope, no windows at all. I did have one Drive that would boot to the win98 password screen before it would load windows but that was it, and I can't erase it cuz I can't fdisk or format.
Clyde

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