Have you tried a new floppy disc drive...If it doesn't read you will get
that error. The bios will not tell you if the mechanism is bad but only if
can do the circuitry. Take of the hard drive cable, set the bios to see the
A drive and see if you computer will start and read the boot disk. If it
does, then the floppy drive is ok, if not you found the problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] WIN Me invalid system disk


> 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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