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INVALID SYSTEM DISK, HELP!!
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If the drive is seen by the BIOS during bootup you have lost the operating system or the hard drive. If it isn't seen during POST you may have BIOS/CMOS setup problems or hard drive problems.
There isn't anything anybody can do except tell you to get a bootdisk and start some diagnostics. You will eventually need an installation CD, so you might as well start looking.
What operating system do you have installed?
Ed Fair
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There isn't anything anybody can do except tell you to get a bootdisk and start some diagnostics. You will eventually need an installation CD, so you might as well start looking.
What operating system do you have installed?
Ed Fair
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
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No , that doesn't help. Nice to know what you are dealing with but there are 4 possible versions.
Will the drive autodetect in the CMOS setup? If not, you have lost the hard drive and the solution is to replace it and reload the OS and programs. Your data will probably be gone unless you want to spend "big bucks" at a recovery comapany.
Ed Fair
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
Will the drive autodetect in the CMOS setup? If not, you have lost the hard drive and the solution is to replace it and reload the OS and programs. Your data will probably be gone unless you want to spend "big bucks" at a recovery comapany.
Ed Fair
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
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You are looking for a 95b or 95c. Called 95OSR2, R2.1 , or R2.5.
And if it is a blown system you'll need to start looking for a CD also.
Ed Fair
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And if it is a blown system you'll need to start looking for a CD also.
Ed Fair
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
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