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  1. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    ok, I got it to sys the drive, and I copied the i386 folder to it as well. however, when I tried to boot the laptop, it says "invalid system disk. replace and press any key when ready." I've got to say, I am really desperate now, in addition, I'm fairly upset with the laptop. I really...
  2. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    yeah, it is simply a 2.5" adapter, which allows me to connect the laptop hd to the motherboard. I suppose it should be local then, but I am not sure what is going on.
  3. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    I manually copied the files that the sys program copies (io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com, & drvspace.bin) to the hard drive, and also the i386 folder, to the laptop's hard drive. However, I cannot get a command prompt when I boot it up, it simply says, "NTLDR is missing. Press any key to...
  4. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    ok, I tried have done what you said to do, and tried to sys the drive. However, when I try to sys it I get the message "Cannot sys a network drive." any ideas would still be appreciated.
  5. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    roamer, I wish it weren't so, but, no, I do not own any CDRom that works with the laptop. And my hard drive is 6 gb.
  6. alteridemever

    installing operating system on laptop

    Yeah, I have a laptop with no cd rom dive and also no floppy. I have hooked it up to my PC via IDE cable and I installed windows 2k on it there. Then when I put the hard drive into my laptop, it cannot boot and simply says "Operating system not found" or "Invalid System Disk...
  7. alteridemever

    Accessing unformatted hard drive data - seriously need help!

    First of all, I would like to thank you all for your genius suggestions. I have used many data recovery tools in the last 24 hours, but I finally have the data off. However, many of the files I need are in Zip files, and now I cannot access them. When I try to open them, I get a message saying...
  8. alteridemever

    Accessing unformatted hard drive data - seriously need help!

    Hey, I would greatly appreciate any help: I have a hard drive from my old computer (formatted with FAT) that can no longer be booted from (some files were deleted, and that part is complicated). However, now I have it hooked up to my new desktop PC and Windows 2000 recognizes it, I have given...

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