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Subject:	Re: Missing operating system
From:	Dean Riddle <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 1998 03:55:21 -0800
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At 11:26 PM 11/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>
>error that says that the operating system can't be found.  I have transfered
>the system files to the disk, I installed DOS and windows 3.1, yet the
>operating system cannot be found when booting.  I am able to access the c:
>drive when I boot from a floppy but it won't boot from C:.

Isaac: Is this a new hard drive installation or was it working ok before?
It sounds like you need to use fdisk and make the partition on c: the
active partition.
Dean

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