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windows 98se monitor prob
hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start
up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance |
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"fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is there somewhere |
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hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my
head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much "Haggis" wrote: "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is there somewhere |
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If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your =
own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to = become inoperable. Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the = most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while = some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s = to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the = POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in = another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST = is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, = etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s = to press you can press any key to resume booting. --=20 Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "fortwilliam" wrote in message = ... hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right = over my=20 head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much =20 "Haggis" wrote: =20 =20 "fortwilliam" wrote in = message=20 ... hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try = and=20 start up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in = advance =20 =20 check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE=20 drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive = is=20 there somewhere=20 =20 =20 |
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thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a complete
novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run down that would be sound many thanks "Brian A." wrote: If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to become inoperable. Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to press you can press any key to resume booting. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much "Haggis" wrote: "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is there somewhere |
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"fortwilliam" wrote in message ... thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a complete novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run down that would be sound many thanks "Brian A." wrote: If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to become inoperable. Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to press you can press any key to resume booting. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much "Haggis" wrote: "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start up my machine i get the messages... searching for boot record from floppy not found searching for boot record from cd-rom not found searching for boot record from scsi not found boot failure insert boot diskette in A. i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is there somewhere what Brian posted is about as step by step as you are going to get I'm afraid : ...don't have any 13 year old neighbours that can help ? |
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It's really just as Brian A. said. Some BIOS are more fancy than others.
It should be safe to set it to Auto-Detect the drives, if there is such a setting. Well, damn, here is my very own BIOS IDE Devices box & the factory settings... IDE Devices IDE Drive Transaction...... Enable Enhanced IDE Transfer..... Enable Ultra 33/66.................. Enable Primary IDE Controller..... Enable Secondary IDE Controller.. Enable ....If any of those is Auto-Detect, well, I suppose it's the bottom two. And possibly the top one. Enter BIOS Setup & set it to Auto-Detect the IDE drives. You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo. Then, the key to press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this Compaq, it is F10. In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well, there may be a legend showing your keys are different.) (a) Find the "IDE Devices" menu, &... (b) Tell us what you see, before you do a damned thing. (c) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus, but don't make any changes yet. While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again. .......Start.....something from Candlin about it........ Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common. Other keystrokes which might work a AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard, and power up again, as some older systems will default to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found. .......End........................................ ....................... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a complete | novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run down | that would be sound many thanks | | "Brian A." wrote: | | If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to become inoperable. | | Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to press you can press any key to resume booting. | | -- | Brian A. | | Conflicts start where information lacks. | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | | | "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my | head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much | | "Haggis" wrote: | | | "fortwilliam" wrote in message | ... | hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and | start | up my machine i get the messages... | searching for boot record from floppy not found | searching for boot record from cd-rom not found | searching for boot record from scsi not found | boot failure | insert boot diskette in A. | i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance | | | check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE | drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is | there somewhere | | | | |
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thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i will
have all the info soon,thankyou for your help "PCR" wrote: It's really just as Brian A. said. Some BIOS are more fancy than others. It should be safe to set it to Auto-Detect the drives, if there is such a setting. Well, damn, here is my very own BIOS IDE Devices box & the factory settings... IDE Devices IDE Drive Transaction...... Enable Enhanced IDE Transfer..... Enable Ultra 33/66.................. Enable Primary IDE Controller..... Enable Secondary IDE Controller.. Enable ....If any of those is Auto-Detect, well, I suppose it's the bottom two. And possibly the top one. Enter BIOS Setup & set it to Auto-Detect the IDE drives. You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo. Then, the key to press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this Compaq, it is F10. In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well, there may be a legend showing your keys are different.) (a) Find the "IDE Devices" menu, &... (b) Tell us what you see, before you do a damned thing. (c) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus, but don't make any changes yet. While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again. .......Start.....something from Candlin about it........ Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common. Other keystrokes which might work a AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard, and power up again, as some older systems will default to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found. .......End........................................ ....................... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a complete | novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run down | that would be sound many thanks | | "Brian A." wrote: | | If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to become inoperable. | | Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to press you can press any key to resume booting. | | -- | Brian A. | | Conflicts start where information lacks. | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | | | "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my | head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much | | "Haggis" wrote: | | | "fortwilliam" wrote in message | ... | hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and | start | up my machine i get the messages... | searching for boot record from floppy not found | searching for boot record from cd-rom not found | searching for boot record from scsi not found | boot failure | insert boot diskette in A. | i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance | | | check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE | drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is | there somewhere | | | | |
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You are welcome. Keep us informed.
-- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i will | have all the info soon,thankyou for your help ....snip |
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guy's i hope this is wht u need it all looked way to complicated.
bio's version v00.01.27 primary IDE master auto primary IDE slave auto secondary ide master auto secondary ide slave auto boot sector virus protection disabled advanced cmos setup 1st boot device floppy 2nd " " " " cdrom 3rd " " " " ide-0 ide device configuration auto 32 bit transfer mode off as i say not sure if this lot helps or not but thanks again "PCR" wrote: You are welcome. Keep us informed. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "fortwilliam" wrote in message ... | thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i will | have all the info soon,thankyou for your help ....snip |
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