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osequi · 01-05-2003, 09:47 AM

Hal, thanks the cable was backward. Now I can get to drive a: but it still won't read it. I can hear the floppy spin the light comes on when you go to it, then I get the disk failure (this is using win 98 startup disk) when I change disks and use the hd utility disk the error message I get is can't find dos.

I've changed the boot order to load from cd-rom, when I turn the computer on the disk is active it appears to read the cd but proceeds as if it was empty.

During the boot up phase I get no error messages so I am a bit confused.

why was this thread moved any ideas?

Thanks,
Paul

01-05-2003, 09:47 AM	#3
osequi Member (7 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: st louis mo Posts: 76	Hal, thanks the cable was backward. Now I can get to drive a: but it still won't read it. I can hear the floppy spin the light comes on when you go to it, then I get the disk failure (this is using win 98 startup disk) when I change disks and use the hd utility disk the error message I get is can't find dos. I've changed the boot order to load from cd-rom, when I turn the computer on the disk is active it appears to read the cd but proceeds as if it was empty. During the boot up phase I get no error messages so I am a bit confused. why was this thread moved any ideas? Thanks, Paul