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

Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts

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