Hi Hugh, PHogan, Scott and John,
You guys are great. OK. Let me tell you what I have tried.
1. I checked all the cables and made sure there were good connections
(floppy, cd, and hd). All seemed ok there. I went to the BIOS and under
IDE CONFIGURATION: it said: IDE Controller-Both, Hard Disk
Pre-Delay-Disabled, Primary IDE Master:Samsung SV4084H, Primary IDE Slave:
Samsung CD-R/RW Drive, Secondary IDE Master: SS06-Samsung DVD Under POWER
it said Hard Drive Enabled. So I am assuming that all this means it is
recognizing the Hard Drive. I attempted to boot some other disk (a windows
98 boot disk), no go, as well as re-tried the Windows Me Boot disk, no go.
I am going to hate to tell these folks that they have lost everything on the
HD, is that what you think it is? I have a recovery CD-Rom as well, I just
cant get it to recognize it, I changed the BIOS to read the CD first, but no
go there either. Yes, I changed them back.
Thanks for all the help, if you can think of anything else I can try, let me
know.
Dianne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] WIN Me invalid system disk
> In the scenario you describe I would suspect that the Hard drive has
> lost its boot files, or possibly died. The HD is the "System Disk"
> referred to as "invalid". Check the HD and floppy ribbon cable
> connections.
> Verify that you have a good boot floppy by trying it in another machine.
> Try a boot CD such as an XP install disk, or get The Ultimate Boot CD
> from: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
> Are the floppy and HD recognized in the BIOS?
>
>
> Dianne Erdos-Rush wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am repairing a computer with Windows Me as an OS. When it boots it
>> gives an "Invalid System Disk. Replace the disk and then press any key."
>> There is no floppy or any other disk in any drive. The boot will proceed
>> no further. I attempted using an Me Boot Disk, but no good. I went into
>> the BIOS and made sure the boot order was correct (Floppy, CD, HD), and
>> on another try I reset the BIOS to default. No Go. Any one have any
>> ideas? Let me know. Thanks. Dont know whether this is a software or
>> hardware issue.
>> Dianne
>>
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