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Demetri Kolokotronis <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Apr 2001 00:01:36 -0400
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On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 02:48:01 -0500 Catherine Williamson
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> When I try to boot with a floppy I get the message "Disk boot
> failure, insert system disk and press Enter". I know the floppy
> disk is good coz I can boot up another computer. I don't
> know what else to do.
> Cathy

When I have received above message DOS partition has been missing. This
can be checked by enabling fdisk, and when fdisk is enabled, checking
status. Should be option 4. If no DOS partition, one has to be remade
with fdisk or other program.

Demetri Kolokotronis
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