dengelland
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- Dec 19, 2008
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It was alive & now it's dead!
History: Freebie given to me.
No brand name on pc or mother board
Cmos battery was dead, replaced.
Got it booted up to Win 95 & operating, found pictures of previous owner & told him I would try to retrieve them for him.
Tried to install network card (NC100) to no availe. Couldn"t install drivers with A drive.
Learned person at work recommended just putting HD into computer with Win98 and cdrw. Sounded easy & worked after comfiguring HD as slave.
After resetting HD to master & reinstalling in 486dx it wouldn't boot to Win95.
Hardware in PC: 2 HD, configured & recognised on start up.
1.44mb floppy drive
5.25 floppy drive
CDR drive
Tape drive
Modem
Graphics card
Tried Win95 boot disk and got nowhere.
Screen says to hold ctrl key to boot from disk
Then insert disk & hit enter.
When thats done every thing just stops.
Setup accessed by del key
set date & time
set floppy A as 1.44mb
set floppy B as 1.2mb
set master & slave HD settings
Boot sequence is set at C:A , and have tried A:C, No difference
Have tried enable A at boot, no good
In setup have tried optimal settings to no availe.
Have removed tape, cd, 5.25 drives & modem to eliminate any conflicts.
Still no changes.
Believe maybe A drive has never worked as I didn't test it after I got the PC operating. That's why I couldn't load drivers for network card.
Tried another working floppy drive, no change.
Anyway I believe I'm beyond my nuts&bolts knowledge and am looking for help.
Did I lose some 0's & 1's when moving the HD from here to yon?
I'm thinking something in the setup is keeping from recognising the A drive, but don't know what.
Appreciate all the help I can get.
Thank You
David
History: Freebie given to me.
No brand name on pc or mother board
Cmos battery was dead, replaced.
Got it booted up to Win 95 & operating, found pictures of previous owner & told him I would try to retrieve them for him.
Tried to install network card (NC100) to no availe. Couldn"t install drivers with A drive.
Learned person at work recommended just putting HD into computer with Win98 and cdrw. Sounded easy & worked after comfiguring HD as slave.
After resetting HD to master & reinstalling in 486dx it wouldn't boot to Win95.
Hardware in PC: 2 HD, configured & recognised on start up.
1.44mb floppy drive
5.25 floppy drive
CDR drive
Tape drive
Modem
Graphics card
Tried Win95 boot disk and got nowhere.
Screen says to hold ctrl key to boot from disk
Then insert disk & hit enter.
When thats done every thing just stops.
Setup accessed by del key
set date & time
set floppy A as 1.44mb
set floppy B as 1.2mb
set master & slave HD settings
Boot sequence is set at C:A , and have tried A:C, No difference
Have tried enable A at boot, no good
In setup have tried optimal settings to no availe.
Have removed tape, cd, 5.25 drives & modem to eliminate any conflicts.
Still no changes.
Believe maybe A drive has never worked as I didn't test it after I got the PC operating. That's why I couldn't load drivers for network card.
Tried another working floppy drive, no change.
Anyway I believe I'm beyond my nuts&bolts knowledge and am looking for help.
Did I lose some 0's & 1's when moving the HD from here to yon?
I'm thinking something in the setup is keeping from recognising the A drive, but don't know what.
Appreciate all the help I can get.
Thank You
David