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Disk I/O error
Name: Gena Liedke Date: July 30, 1999 at 16:16:56 Pacific
Comment:
Okay put a hd in my computer to set up win95. Put hd back in other computer. No Rom Basic. Okay, used fdisk to make partition active. Then got disk I/O error. Tried fdisk /mbr no help. Had a disk with ndiags (norton) on it and it could see the c: drive, but disk doctor, disk tools and nothing else can. Can't do sys transfer cuz boot disk can't see c: as valid drive. Any ideas to try?
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