Hi John,
try a floppy that connects via usb.
Most PC s will recognise  them when you boot the PC.
If not go into the BIOS and try selecting usb connected floppy drive instead 
of onboard.
You  could then use the floppy when prompted by press f6 msg.

Robert


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Penlington" <[log in to unmask]>

To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Stop Error 7B


> John wrote:
>>You needed to have the SATA drivers available on a floppy and install them 
>>using the "F6" option when it is offered....Check the Acer site to see if 
>>they have SATA drivers available for this system.>>
>
>
> I did that, and downloaded them to a floppy as instructed by F6. Went to 
> install them and discovered this computer doesn't have a floppy drive, as 
> seems usual these days.  Duh!!!  Acer have to be joking!
>
> Tried hooking up a floppy via a spare IDE connection, but the computer 
> wouldn't recognise it.  Duh again! Up creek, no paddles.
>
> <<I probably would have written zeroes to the drive using the 
> manufacturer's utility or Boot N Nuke, in order to be sure there was no 
> boot sector virus present.>>
>
> This also in line with Rick's suggestions. I've got a boot-nuke somewhere, 
> tho I've never used it. Might try it out and see what happens.  The guy's 
> been using Limewire, so a boot virus is a distinct possibility. However, 
> after a full reformat I checked the free disk size, and there seems 
> nothing on it, so I was assuming that the format would have nuked the MBR. 
> Maybe not----I've no idea how much space MBR takes on the disk, prolly not 
> much, so it might not show.
>
> Thx to everyone who has offered help on this, I now have a few more 
> options to try out. This BIOS seems to offer very few options. To make 
> matters worse, the HD options I want to get to (SATA, AHCI) are greyed out 
> and seemingly inaccessible.
>
> Now I know where all the Court Jesters of olden times are---they're either 
> working for Acer, or working for Microsoft gleefully writing error and 
> stop messages!
>
> Maybe ought to just retire to the beach.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
>
>
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