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Desparate for Help, no pc access

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Name: ddaz
Date: July 20, 2002 at 07:08:55 Pacific
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Please help me. I suspect a virus and have no access. The pc peforms post, beeps once and freezes. It won't read a CD or a floppy. Both light up and stop, preventing me from running any virus diagnostics. Desparate for help.



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Response Number 1
Name: georges
Date: July 20, 2002 at 07:32:40 Pacific
Reply:

Did you put a boot disk in the floppy drive
and nothing happened?


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Response Number 2
Name: ddlaz
Date: July 20, 2002 at 07:35:09 Pacific
Reply:

Yes. I used a win98 startup bootable disk. From the CD I used the Win98 OS disk. Neither will read at all.


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Response Number 3
Name: georges
Date: July 20, 2002 at 07:53:54 Pacific
Reply:

Another thing is if floppy is set as first boot device.If it is your hard drive you must
change it to floppy.
Wait,someone maybe can help you.


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Response Number 4
Name: ddlaz
Date: July 20, 2002 at 08:00:37 Pacific
Reply:

Yes. Removable Device is set as the first boot device. Thanks for your help and yes, I'll wait for others to suggest something.


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Response Number 5
Name: mesich
Date: July 20, 2002 at 11:03:06 Pacific
Reply:

Check your Bios. Yours may be worded differently but here is my settings to ensure it will boot from a floppy.

Standard CMOS Setup.
================================
Drive A: 1.44M 3.5in.
Drive B: NONE

Advanced BIOS Features
================================
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device HDD-0
Third Boot Device CD-ROM

Integrated Peripherals
=================================
Onboard FDD Controller Enabled


Check the BootDisk in another computer if possible.

Does the light on the floppy stay lit or does it go out?

Do you receive a message Invalid Disk?

Good Day!
Mesich


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Response Number 6
Name: ddlaz
Date: July 20, 2002 at 12:47:17 Pacific
Reply:

I've check bios and it is set up to boot from the floppy which in this case is called the removable drive. Yes, this boot disk does work in an another machine. After it beeps, it reads a: for 2 seconds and then the light goes out and the cursor just blinks. No Invalid Disk message, no message at all. Thanks. DDlaz


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Response Number 7
Name: mesich
Date: July 20, 2002 at 14:24:24 Pacific
Reply:

Set the hard drive as a Slave and put it into the second computer.

Run the your antivirus program installed on the Second Computer.

Mesich


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Response Number 8
Name: Tank863
Date: July 20, 2002 at 17:43:05 Pacific
Reply:

Ddaz,

what type of motherboard do you have?
what type of memory do you have?
what type of processor do you have?


does your system only beep once... or is it a series of beeps?

answer the above and I will get back to you...

Tank863


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Response Number 9
Name: ddlaz
Date: July 20, 2002 at 18:11:29 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks to all who have helped. Problem is now fixed. I removed both hard drives and replaced the lithium battery since prior to this the clock time was off. After I put the hard drive back it booted. I'm scanning the drive now for virus. Thanks to all! The pc is a Dell 450 Pent. II running win98. DDlaz


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