Summary: My old computer's hard drive crashed and had to be replaced. I installed it, but now I can't get it up and running. It says its not partitioned, so ...
Summary: the message "invalid system disk" appears on my screen while booting. there are no disks in any of the drives. this is a second hand computer so i d...
Summary: When I turned on my IBM/PS2 computer today I got a non system disk or disk error. I then put in a boot disk and it said the same thing. The hard drive...
Summary: I have a CD which contains all DR DOS files, including the hidden IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM files. However, I do not have the system disk available. I...
Summary: Hey there, i'm quite new to dos, and i only succeeded installing DOS 7.1, with it's automatic boot disk creation. i wanted to install 6.22 because the...
Summary: Hi, When I start up my , Tandy 1000 TX , it displays memory , the bios , and then it displays "Insert System Diskette and Press any key when ready" I ...
Summary: I have a Toshiba Satellite 4000.It has a hard-disk error and it doesn't boot from it.Can i coonect a usb storage device and boot from it? XanNdeR ...
Summary: Hey Guys, I have a NEC Ready 7020 Pentium 75 running Windows 3.11. I loaded RealPlayer 5.0 on to my computer and got a general protection fault which...
Summary: Hi all, I recently got an old computer from my school; it's called a Compaq Portable III. When I booted it up, it said something about system setting...
Summary: have found various versions of msdos and tried them in my t3100. used someone's at&t dos 2.11, but i keep getting "disk error or non-system disk" etc,...
Summary: I have an old Zeos 486 computer. The system was crashed using format c:. The computer will not accept the boot disk made for the computer and displa...
Summary: I've seen this alot on the forums but i just cannot figure it out. I'm trying to revive my old 486. So I formatted it first (a long time ago) using 'f...
Summary: You've deleted IO.SYS? In the boot sector, that is the direct file it looks for when it boots. You should be getting NON SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR whe...
Summary: I have a 486 with win 3.1 and I think I might have delted somthing that I shouldent of. When I first turn it on, it gives me a non-system disk or disk...
Summary: all i have on my 486 is dos and when i try to install antyhing it says i can't because theres a serious disk error on the hard disk.what can i do to f...
Summary: I have installed a 1GB drive and after I format it using Format/s it wont boot. The command.com and the 3 hidden files are there but it hangs after ab...
Summary: After I formatted my c:, when I restarted my comp, it goes through the RAM check and that screen that shows your primary IDE and stuff, and then it sa...
Summary: I was reinstalling my old 486 to be used as a simple game station, but even though I installed the operating sytem, it kept asking for a startup disk....
Summary: "Non system disk or disk error" means that there are no booting files--Command.Com and two hidden files, IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS-- on the disk (eath...
Summary: I am mucking around with an old 286 and whenever I boot the machine it says C:\ error press F1 to continue. I do this and then is says Drive not ready...
Summary: i have a toshiba satellite 115cs i have had a crash and cannot reboot my system. it shows "non-system disk or disk error" replace and press any key wh...
Summary: i turn on my compaq slt 268 and it does this: 1)runs through rb numbers ok 2)says 162-system options not set-(run set up) insert diagnostic diskette i...
Summary: Hi Steve, Thanks for fast reply Start up diskett for this model at: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/contura/us/download/8421.html when I try t...