---Reply to mail from Adam Lloyd about [PCBUILD] Old 486 won't boot up anymore

> Hi people,
>
> Here is what happens at boot up:
>
> You see the computer POST, summary of computer stats.
>
> Normally you would see
>
> Starting MS-DOS ... <I always see this when I boot with a floppy>
>
> But I don't see that part. The computer just sits at this point.
>
> I believe the hard drive has some bad sectors.
>
> It is very old. Only a 156 meg hard drive!
>
> I have tried formatting the entire drive. Reinstalling DOS 6.22 on it. It
> always does the same thing!
>
> Could this mean there is something wrong with the drive?
>
> If anyone have has suggestions I would love to hear them!
>
Hello Adam,

Hmmm. . .Could be the drive, however I suspect the MBR (Master Boot
Record). Does the computer boot properly with a floppy? Can you then
see the C: drive?

If so, make sure that your boot floppy contains the
files, 'SYS.COM' and 'FDISK.COM'. First try 'SYS C:', if you get some
error, then try 'FDISK /MBR'.

Hope this helps you,

-Paul


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