Summary: Hello all I am using USBASPI.SYS v2.20 for accessing data from USB pen drive. I am able to access it with DOS = UMB in CONFIG.SYS. But due to some mem...
Summary: The other day my comp. froze, which it does a lot, but when i restarted it, it prompted me in DOS to insert system disk. I found a Win98 startup util...
Summary: All the replies have me confused. Invalid media type used to mean the hard drive was larger than the OS could access. So I am guessing that C: i...
Summary: Im trying to reinstall Windows 95 off of the CD that came with the computer when I bought it from the store. Its a Packard Bell (junk hehe) Anywho, it...
Summary: When I boot up my copmuter I get a message "Invalid setting in msdos.sys" and then all kinds of characters appear on the screen and numbers, follow by...
Summary: I had a FunLove Virus infect my computer. Apparently it corrupted the boot sector of my hard drive. Since innoculating the virus and restarting the co...
Summary: After formating a hard drive, fdisking, and trying to reinstall windows, it freezes. Upon doing a directory of c, it says invalid media reading drive...
Summary: when I recently installed an Epson Perfection 363 scanner onto my SCSI card, the scanner tested out to run superbly. When I went to save some scans to...
Summary: I am trying to build a Toshiba Satelite 1620cds, I am wanting to install Win 98 but it keeps coming up with Invalid media reading drive c! Earlier tod...
Summary: I erased the HD and created a new Dos partiton. FDISK looks OK - shows an active 20GB partiton with no volume label. But when I try to format it I get...
Summary: Is it possible to recover my data on HD? Here is what happened: 1. Installed updated drivers for Linksys Wireless PCMCIA card. Rebooted laptop. 2. Rec...
Summary: I formatted my comp with the format c: /s command, and it formatted. Then I restarted(with my boot disk in) and i type in (at the a:\ prompt) d:\. It ...
Summary: My brothers pc has had many problems in past couple of months. Was ok for awhile, but last week, starting making noises and even says was vibrating. ...
Summary: I just sent you another bootdisk. Give it a try. The 'invalid media type. . .' message is usually associated with an unformatted hard drive. Do you ...
Summary: The master hard drive (c) crashed on Sunday losing the hidden operating system files. The slave drive (d) was fine. The files on c were all renamed a...
Summary: Don't give up yet. "Invalid media type reading drive x" usually indicates a FAT error, NOT a dead drive and definately not a BIOS/IDE controller issue...
Summary: "Invalid Media Type" generally means that the partition exists but is not formatted. Boot with a bootdisk & at the A:\> prompt type: Format C: (ENTER)...
Summary: My son had Norton Anti-Virus "repair" the master boot record shortly after I rebuilt my Win98 Aptiva with four partitions (Win98 for games, Win98 for ...
Summary: I repartitioned and formatted 2 of the hard drives(202Mb and 345Mb) on my 486DX100. I installed Win98 and it tried to reboot to set up the hardware. ...
Summary: I have big problem, I can't load into Windows 95. When I bootup my computer I get the message "Invalid Settings in Msdos.sys" then displays another m...
Summary: I recently added a new hard drive to my computer as a slave to my main drive. but whenever i save anything to this drive and reboot the computer, it t...
Summary: Please help, I've not seen this before. I'm setting up a new pc. The BIOS auto detected the Hard drive and CD. However, after booting from a startup...
Summary: Unrelated to shut down problem - Started long before that) - Everytime I boot a quick sentence appears at top of screen stating "There is an invalid s...
Summary: When I boot up my computer I get a message "Invalid setting in msdos.sys" followed by a all kinds of different characters and by numbers from 1 to 9. ...
Summary: I have a Quatum bigfoot tx 4gb drive. I fdisk it and partition it into 3 partitions c,d,e. Then format C: I got this error message. "Invalid media or...
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