That was my thought, too. I tried to load a floppy yesterday, but it just kept giiving me 'non-system disk or drive error" messages. Then I looked at the label. It said "2DD, Double Density." Which is the old style 720 kB disks. All my new ones say "High Density." I even have a lot of 360 k 5 1/4" floppies from my old Zenith. They're a hell of a lot slower than the new types, and 1/4 the capacity. At the time, they were "state of the art." Unfortunately, the art is advancing faster than the state. I believe there is a way to get the newer 1.44 MB drives to recognize the 720 KB format, but I don't know what it is. Easiest way, of course, is to try one of each type. Unless you already thought of that. Steve Gaber Oldsmar, FL -----Original Message----- From: Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] System wont boot >I don't think you've said if the diskette drive you are booting from is the >5.25" or if it is a 3.5" drive. In either case, perhaps with this old of a >computer the diskette drive is low-density rather than high density? I'm >not at all sure how you would be able to tell ... > > >>From: Raymond Busick <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] System wont boot >>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:10:23 -0500 >> >>I made a boot disk but system still hangs. Let me walk you thru the >>problem: >> >>Turn the computer on, the disk drive flashes, so I know it is booting from >>Drive a, I get the message >>Diskette drive 1 seek failure, invalid confg info, run setup program >> >>I run the setup program, it says INCORRECT config data in CMOS, setup will >>attemp to correct and auto configure. It does this, cmos files recognize >>all >>drives, etc, everything looks correct . I save, exit, but still wont >>boot...get same message...any ideas? >> >> > >> > >> > Was given a GATEWAY 486/33 in order for me to access 5.25 floppys. Cant >>get >> > the system to boot up, error message reads..." Non system disk", it >>thens >> > jumps to BIOS setup, all settings are correct. I save and reboot but get >> > same error message...I thought it would boot with a DOS SETUP disk or >>maybe >> > WINDOWS setup disk, thinking it had no OS installed. Still no luck..is >>there >> > a particular type of boot disk I need that is unique to GATEWAY to boot >>up >> > this system? > >___________________________________________________________ _____________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > Curious about the people moderating your > messages? Visit our staff web site: > http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering special "Free-After-Rebate" Software specials in conjunction with Beyond.com. We have new offers all the time!!! http://nospin.com/promotions