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Date: | Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:42:01 -0500 |
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Here's what happens. Turn on the computer, it runs through the memory test. I tried
holding down F10, del - neither worked. I get a black screen that says "163-Time
and Date Not Set". In the bottom left corner, I get "F1: Boot". I press F1. With
windows 95 setup disk in drive A I get a message that setup cannot install on the
hard drive. Soooooo.....
I went to Maxtor, download their testing software - the drive passed.
But let's not stop there. Sometimes when the computer fires up, I get a black screen
recognizing the drive but still no go.
If I get to a DOS prompt (which is not always easy), the drive cannot be formatted. It
gives me another error message.
All the above is true if I try a 2nd hard drive. I am really baffled. I was told that the
computer ran fine when it was given to this student I am trying to help. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.
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Regards,
Paul Ecclestone
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