You might also want to check the battery. THis holds the cmos power on when
the computer is shut off. The way to tell if this is the case is when you
turn the computer on and have to reload the settings each time you start the
computer.
Mark D. Roberge
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>>At 11:57 AM 3/21/98 -0800, Reba Davis wrote:
>>>Please let me know how to solve a computer problem that displays the
>>>message "invalid drive".  The computer will boot up with a diskette in
>>>Drive A, but each time one types "c:" to go to the c drive, the "invalid
>>>drive" message appears.
>>>
>>>Prior to the above problem occurring, the computer was booting up to
>>>Drive C okay.
>>
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>I just had this problem on my mother's computer and somehow she had changed
>the drive specs in the bios from LBA to Standard CHS,
>changed the drive back to LBA in bios and she booted right up.  May not be
>your problem but worth a look.
>
>Mary Wolden