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SOS for booting presario 5373!!
Name: lordbabaloo Date: April 8, 2004 at 22:02:47 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: pentium 3/128
Comment:
thank you for your help, but when i boot with the winxp bootdisk i get this message: DISK I/O ERROR please help, i dont know what to do!!
If you know how to work on your PC safely, open the case and make sure all of the ribbon cables in the PC are securely attached to the drives. If that doesn't help post back.
Wesley
Wesley Johnson wesley_web66@hotamil.com Pensacola, FL
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Response Number 2
Name: ozeddie Date: April 9, 2004 at 00:23:46 Pacific
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You have indicated you have a Pentium 3 Compaq. I find it hard to believe it doesn't have a Cd boot facility. Are you sure you know what the Bios is and how to get into it?
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Response Number 3
Name: ozeddie Date: April 9, 2004 at 00:45:43 Pacific
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Have a look here. http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/taskPageSelect.jhtml?reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&prodId=compaqpres93261&pagetype=setup&docparent=setup
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