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Date: | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:39:33 -0800 |
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Hello,
I just fired up an old Toshiba Satellite 1605/cds4.3
that I "inherited" from my son. It's dusty and tired,
clunks and whirrs. I have no papers.
F2 to the BIOS, and it said there's no hard disk. I
turned it off.
I turned it on again. After about 10 minutes, the
Windows 98 splash screen
comes on and there's a louder whirring sound.
10 minutes later, I get a black screen with white lettering
telling me "Warning:Windows has detected a registry/configuration
error. Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG."
But the machine doesn't respond to anything I input.
My idea was to network all my old machines. (I also
have a 6 year old 386 and a P2).
Does it sound like this machine is worth working with?
(I'm a neophyte vis a vis computer innards)
Thanks,
Diane
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