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From: Anne Smith
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:06 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Netvista 6578
Hello,
I have acquired a couple of Netvista PCs 6578, Pentium 3, 256mb RAM,
running Win2000 prof.
Both freeze when trying to load Win2000 prof, so I tried to use a boot
disk to try to get them started, and find I can't get them to boot from
the floppy at all.
I used an old Win98 HD and managed to boot into safe mode and ran Fresh
Diagnose where the CMOS settings have set the boot order to boot from HD
and not from the floppy.
How do I access the CMOS so I can change the boot order?
There is a line at start up saying to use Control S to access options,
but these are very basic with nowhere to change to boot order.
Any help will be helpful.
Thank you
Anne Smith
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Hi again Anne,
After once more reviewing your original post soliciting help with your NetVista 6578 PCs I see that, in my haste to get out a repsonse to you, I left out a couple items that you may or may not find useful:
1) I note that your machines are in fact Windows 2000 capable and apparently were already setup to run in that Windows environment. That's very good.
You probably know this but, as a reminder, you'll need a set W2K boot disk set which consists of four (4) floppy disks rather than simply the one we grew accustomed to in the Windows 9x family. If you have a W2K installation CD in hand, you can make them using a utility found on the CD. If not, you can readily find the four the files need to create the set of four FDs on the web; and you won't have to travel far either, as they're available for download at FreePCTech.com (the good people who own and host the PCBUILD and PCSOFT mailing lists).
MS Windows 2000 Professional 4disks - DOWNLOAD
http://www.freepctech.net/files001/win2k_pro.zip
Free Pc Tech Support - Boot Disk Downloads
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml
Windows 2000 Startup Disks - Google Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Windows+2000+Startup+Disks&btnG=Google+Search
How To Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197063
How To Install Windows 2000 Professional
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304868
Bootdisk.com - Free Windows Bootdisks, Free DOS boot disk
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
2) Try using 'F1' instead of 'Control S' to enter BIOS setup; it worked for the gentleman in the Linux forum and it may possibly work for you, too.
That's it for now. Hopefully next time we hear from you you'll have good news to report. I remain,
Very truly yours,
Jeffrey Ottie
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