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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 May 1998 10:33:11 -0800
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On 13 May 98 at 2:30, SHALIKO54 wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why my computer is able to boot now with a disk in the A
> drive?
> I remember when I first baught it about a year ago it would never boot with a
> disk in that drive. I might have touched or done something weird on it. I
> would appreciate if someone could help me fixing it as it was originally.

  In the BIOS setup, there is probably a setting for "boot order".
Most common settings are:

"C,A"  boot from hard drive, or floppy if no hard drive present.

"A,C"  boot from floppy, or from hard drive if no floppy in drive

[Some newer BIOSes add "SCSI" as an option, and increase the number
of permutations accordingly....]

  My guess would be that your machine was originally set to "A,C",
and has been switched to "C,A".  Each has its pros and cons.

David G

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