Enkrypted said:
It could be one of two things:
1. The floppy disk you have is bad. I would try another floppy disk to see if that works.
2. Either the floppy drive cable or the floppy drive itself (or both) are defective. Try replacing with a known good one and restart the fdisk/format...
jimp56 said:
using a boot disk with the same version you have installed on the computer, type "fdisk /mbr" at the command prompt. then reboot. see if that helps
Thank jimp56
for this valuable post!
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thanks jimp56 for this valuable post :)...
what does that mean?
this thread is a follow up to 'why won't my PC boot up?'
it is now reading the floppy and saying "OK" and then I get the I/O error message.
I thank you 2 nice folks who replied. I did in fact use
the format:c/s
I thought that was the only way to format a HD. I've tried to find stuff at bootdisk.com
The problem there is, my WIN95 is a hand me down from my brother. I also have a 98SE upgrade disk.
The PC in question was cobbled...
I formatted my c drive and am trying to re-install windows95.
over and over, I get the same message. it looks in the floppy, the CDROM and the IDE and can't find boot record.
is that because there IS no boot record? pardon my ignorance. I need help from a smart person or person(s) :)
I'm...
much thanks, wolluf and paparazi!
yes, I have my eye on a western digital 80GIG IDE HD at newegg for $60.00
I appreciate the replies, y'all.
I'll be Bach :)
A friend of mine gave me this motherboard. it has an AMD cpu installed. I don't know which one.
I assume the HD should be an IDE, as this is not a brand new or even late model motherboard. But, I'm not sure.
That's why I'm asking :)
Thanks!
Bill
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