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Can't install operating system
relaksuah, thanks for the ideas. I have already cleaned the cd optics, with no change. There are no pcmcia cards currently in the slot. I bought this computer on ebay, and the factory original disks did not come with it. I didn't think this was a problem, because I have original disks for...- DaTreyster
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Can't install operating system
Ok, does anyone know where I can download a free antivirus program that will operate from floppy??? McAfee and a few others will do the free online check...but it's hard to do when you can't install an operating system...lol.- DaTreyster
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Can't install operating system
I have no antivirus function in my bios, and it is the most up to date bios for my system. I didn't know you could download a disk to virus scan, I was hoping to get the system up long enough to instakl an antivirus program to scan it. I DID do several scans before I formatted the drive, and...- DaTreyster
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Can't install operating system
I have a Compaq Armada E500 laptop (450mhz). I recently began having problems with it crashing. It would reboot so fast I couldn't read the error messages. I was running a dual boot system, Win98 and XP Pro. The problem happened in both operating systems, but less often in 98 than XP. The...- DaTreyster
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