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Even if your hard drive is bad, if your mobo is working OK you should be able to change the boot order and boot from a floppy. I think the problem is much more serious in that your mobo has failed. You might want to spend a few bucks to have it tested.
Dianne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hmmm,
>I am getting very frustrated, and don't quite know what to do next. I
>removed all the connectors, the cd, hard drive and floppy and dvd. The
>computer gave me the message that I should "insert the boot diskette into
>a:" So I reconnected the a: drive, and put the boot disk in, back to same
>old Invalid system disk message. So I got another a drive from another
>computer and got the same message. The lights were on on both the a:
>drives, by the way.
>I cant get into safe mode because the computer will not take me to an A:
>prompt.
>I then disconnected the HD and connected it into an old computer. Nothing
>happens, not even an error message. BUT.....I am not sure about the mother
>board in the machine I tested it in. The HD is a Samsung SpinPoint SV0484H.
>I am afraid of trying the hard drive in my own computer, as I don't want to
>mess around with it, it has all my work in it. Any suggestions. Would I be
>better to take it in and have it diagnosed somewhere?
>Dianne
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