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Re: invalid drive specification
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Mary Wolden <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:04:37 -0600
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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.
>


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

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