You apparently downloaded the file onto the floppy. To make the bootable
floppy, you need to run the file on your computer and it will prompt you to
put a floppy disk into the drive. It then will write to the disk and create
a bootable floppy.
Hope this helps.
Peter
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a friend has given me a M.E. installation cd.
i have went to freepctech.com and downloaded[on floppy] a boot disk for
M.E.
while trying to format the hard drive
i get *****NON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR.
REPLACE AND PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY.
i have took disk out and reinserted and pressed key------and once just
pressed key without takeout.same thing took place.
i have done this in NORMAL. THEN TRIED SAFE MODE.
MESSAGE KEEPS REPEATING WITH PRESS OF KEY.
can you help??
larry maddock [log in to unmask]
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