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When I boot to a CD, it occupies both the A: drive (for the boot portion
files) and another drive letter for the remainder of the CD's contents
(i.e., D:). I found that I could access a floppy in the A: drive at the B:
drive prompt. Don't know if this will work for you but you might want to
give it a try.
Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Larry Fisk
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> I've got a catch 22 situation here
<snip>
> so when I type A: it shows the contents of the cd.
> I download the "ultimate boot disk" ISO and burned a bootable cd,
> but I can't get back to a dos prompt to flash the bios.
> Tried an IDE zip drive with system files, but so far it won't
> boot from the
> zip.
> I can copy the bios files to the harddrive via network, but I
> still need to
> boot XP to a clean dos boot to flash the bios
> Ideas?
>
> <>< Larry Fisk
> Fisk Computers
> Fruitvale, Idaho
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