Re: Starting again


"Jock." <real_classs_a@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9h17m11tc1p1p0tbrm17rjjea97pdibr4s@xxxxxxxxxx
> On 29 Oct 2005 09:44:30 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> >On 29/10/2005 Michael Hopkins wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not a real techie, but I think the problem is that the CD Rom
> >> isn't being read properly, for some reason.
> >>
> >> As far as I can remember, I didn't have any problems with the CD Rom
> >> before the crash, but when trying Jeff's suggestions it won't
> >> recognise the CD ROm, as if there was no driver. When trying Dav's
> >> way, it was easy to set the CD Rom as the main boot in the BIOS, but
> >> it then booted as if the CD Rom waas empty.
>
> By way of a PS, you can download an .exe file to make a boot
> floppy from:
>
> http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml


Thanks, I've got a the legal boot floppy that came with the legal CD, but
when I boot via the floppy it doesn't seem to recognise a driver for CD rom.

I'm beginning to feel trapped in an unwinnable situation with this....

Michael


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