When you say it wouldn't boot from the floppy, what error and other details did it give you. As previously mentioned, if you are running...
OK, Newt. I think he probably just dislodged the data cable. As for the modem not being used although it's recognized, it probably went for...
gw1500se The old partition is still there because it's a hidden Diagnostic Partition. You can delete it but you didn't choose to do so. You...
I must also mention that perhaps he disturbed the Floppy Disk data or power cable while installing this card and perhaps he should get someone...
Newt, the general gist of that would lead me to believe that the Floppy Disk Controller was impacted by some new driver that was installed by...
Thanks for the feedback Morris, you'll be welcome back anytime. Cheers. :)
It's not generally that easy. There are several issues with ZoneAlarm. Don't get me wrong, it's great freeware but in order to cover all the...
Have you recently uninstalled ZoneAlarm? If so, reinstall it and this error message will disappear. If you still want to ditch ZoneAlarm, there...
Yeah, you'll find it by opening OE, >TOOLS > OPTIONS > SECURITY > and unchecking the box that says, "Do not allow attachments to be saved or...
Hi Alex I'll mention in passing that if you would keep your posts about this problem confined to the original thread, you'll get much...
You certainly have enough system to handle playing a cd. :) I would suspect the drive as being faulty hardware in that case. Since you indicate...
Gator, It sounds like some other program may be grabbing too much processor capacity and momentarily starving the CD-ROM for attention. How fast...
heydre I think we have tracked it down to the final analysis. Since the boot loader files on the A:\ drive are identical to those on the...
And for laughs, place this file on Notepad and save it as a:\boot.ini to replace the previous version on the boot disk. Reboot with it in the...
Last thing, from the Recovery Console run, fixboot c:
Copy all the files from the boot disk to the root of the XP drive. Confirm any overwrites. Reboot.
I think there may be a discrepency in the drive identifications. Obviously the drive is bootable if we use another MBR. You must determine that...
Verify that he doesn't have any disks in any drive bays when he boots. If that doesn't solve the problem, have him boot to the Recovery Console...
Store those backups off-site if they're truly critical. :) Case in point: My brother kept regular drive image backups. While he was gone on...
Litebody, your information and link will come at an opportune time for many folks. You may or may not have noticed that within the last couple...
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