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Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: November 1, 2004 at 05:48:23 Pacific
OS: ME
CPU/Ram: P4 128
Comment:

My sisteer asked me to look at her P4 , when you boot up it loads up the dos screen then at the end it says "insert system disk then press enter"
I was able to start the computer 1 time by hitting the f8 key then everything loaded and in normal mode ??
Then when I reboot or shut it down for a while the restart it starts up asking for the system disk?
This computer does NOT have a floppy installed
Any thoughts on how I can correct this?
Thanks all In Advance

" IF IT AINT BROKE - LEAVE IT ALONE "



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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: November 1, 2004 at 07:11:28 Pacific
Reply:

Could be the OS is corrupt, or the drive itself is bad.

Boot into Safe Mode and do a Restore. That may fix the problem. If it doesn't, then it's probably a bad drive.

You can get a replacement drive from IBM is the machine is still under warranty.


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Response Number 2
Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: November 1, 2004 at 08:34:43 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for your reply Jenn, I was thinkin it could be the H/D
The unit is out of warranty it is 2.5 years old
Thanks

" IF IT AINT BROKE - LEAVE IT ALONE "


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Response Number 3
Name: TopFarmer
Date: November 1, 2004 at 19:17:25 Pacific
Reply:

go to IBM website and do a search for their hdd test utility "DFT32V320.EXE". and see what it says about the hdd.


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Response Number 4
Name:
Date: December 8, 2004 at 16:27:34 Pacific
Reply:

my windows nt laptop say insert system disk in drive and press any key to contoniue
when i turn it on...

thanx ppl if ya could help me


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