15-10-2006, 10:51 AM
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I just try to reinstall a old computer my pa (or dad, daddy, papa, however you call it) digged out of the basement. He thinks he needs a PC...phhrt! <_<
At least he won't go on my nerves anymore.  Anyway, i made a bootdisk for reinstaling the Piece-of-Garbage PC, and the issue is: The damn thing won't boot from Floppy. I did everything i can think of. I made the Win 98 Bootdisk, and changed the Boot-Sequence. The PC just won't boot. :wallbash: :ranting: Any idea how to solve the problem? |
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15-10-2006, 01:55 PM
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No idea, except for maybe going into the BIOS and setting drive a: as main booting device or whatever you call that.
I have a similar problem with my first PC. A programmer friend of my dad says the disk controller is probably broken. Maybe that's the problem with your PC. You might wanna get a new floppy drive, though. They're cheap on eBay, it's just the shipping that ruins the price. |
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15-10-2006, 02:52 PM
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We changed the Floppy Drive with another one we still had in another computer, and no luck. Or is the damn controler not in/on the Floppy Drive? Is it the thing UNDER the drive?
Damn, i hate hardware issues! :ranting: |
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15-10-2006, 05:10 PM
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try and do another bootdisk
or tell him to buy another computer |
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15-10-2006, 06:43 PM
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I did already change bootdisks, no luck either.
Buy another computer? BUY? That costs money, so hell no!  We're very short on money y'know. And i mean short. Besides that, money sucks. :bleh: No, i have declared war on this machine, and i will not rest till it works. |
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15-10-2006, 07:29 PM
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(U-Boat Commander David @ Oct 15 2006, 06:43 PM) [snapback]261405[/snapback]</div>
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try a bootable cd that's what i did to mine..cause i don't have a floppy drive |
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15-10-2006, 07:33 PM
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What sort of boot cd? I have Ultimate Boot CD, but there is no fully functional dos on that.
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16-10-2006, 11:55 AM
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Are you sure the FDD is properly connected?
Is it correctly configured in BIOS? Did you enable "floppy drive seek at startup" option (or its equivalent) in BIOS?
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17-10-2006, 05:09 PM
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can you exactly tell whats there on your screen when it "doesnt" boot? was there bios screen before it?=]
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