Posted by DAN on April 22, 19101 at 05:10:58:
In Reply to: Windows 3.1-System doesn't go to the c: prompt anymore posted by Malitabc on April 21, 19101 at 15:49:21:
QUESTION,DID IT WORK AND QUIT,,IF YOUR BATTERYWET BAD YOU WOULD LOOSE CMOS SETTING,,TRY TO AUTODETECT IT AGAIN,THEN SET IT TO BOOT OFF C:
AND DO NOT HAVE A FLOPPY IN IT,
IF IT WON'T BOOT OFF C: BOOT OFF YOUR FLOPPY AND
TYPE DIR AND HIT ENTER IT WILL SHOW YOU WHATS ON THE HAD DISK,,IF NOTHING IS THERE YOU COULD JUST FORMAT IT AND REINSTALL EVERY THING,,
SSUGGEST GETTING A COMPUTER SAVY FRIEND TO LOOK AT IT AS IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS FOR AA VIRUS TO A CORUPT BOOT ON DRIVE C:
DAN
: I ran FDISK from Floppy & Chose Option 4 (Display partition information) it read, Current fixed disk drive: 1
: No paritions defined
: Then I ran FDISK /STATUS it read,
: Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
: 1 202 202 0%
: (1MByte = 1048576 bytes)
: I also Ran the Auto Detect Hard Disk option from the Bios S/U Utilities it read,
: Hard Disk C: Type: 47 = User Type
: Cyln = 683
: Head = 16
: WPcom= 65535
: LZone= 683
: Sect=38
: Size= 203 MB
: Do I need to Fdisk & Format the Hard drive? And shld I follow the instructions www.weendoggy's webpage to format & Fdisk my drive?