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mstyles55
April 5th, 1999, 05:47 AM
I have a 486 running dos 6.2 + windows 3.11 i recently switched on machine after it working fine the day before to have message displayed dirve not ready please insert boot disk.

I insert boot disk but cannot get any access to by C: hard drive. I have restored the defaults in the BIOS what can it DO?

please please help
Azu
March 9th, 2009, 10:29 PM
I have a 486 running dos 6.2 + windows 3.11 i recently switched on machine after it working fine the day before to have message displayed dirve not ready please insert boot disk.

I insert boot disk but cannot get any access to by C: hard drive. I have restored the defaults in the BIOS what can it DO?

please please help

McAffee can cause this problem sometimes. Try uninstalling it.
Azu
March 9th, 2009, 10:35 PM
Well? Did it work???
themanwhowas
March 10th, 2009, 02:59 AM
Drive not ready sounds familiar. I think the machine is trying to boot from another device. Do you have any other disks in the machine? have you tried setting the BIOS to boot from ONLY the hard drive?
jerryctx
March 10th, 2009, 03:57 AM
The original post was from 1999.
Azu
March 10th, 2009, 04:39 AM
Well somebody had to answer him.. he waited a long time..
SpywareDr
March 10th, 2009, 05:18 AM
Well somebody had to answer him.. he waited a long time..9 years, 11 months, 4 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes?

I'd be willing to bet that he retired his 486 running Windows 3.11 a long time ago. ;)
Azu
March 10th, 2009, 05:35 AM
42 minutes?

I guess that would be a pretty remarkable uptime, for a Windows computer.
photolady
March 10th, 2009, 07:09 AM
You should fault original poster because he/she made two posts and never answered either of them. Besides this one, some members did attempt to help him, azu.
His/her last activity here was : Last Activity: December 31st, 1999 07:00 PM.

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=67449

In the future please don't resurrect threads older than a month.
Azu
June 18th, 2009, 04:09 PM
You should fault original poster because he/she made two posts and never answered either of them. Besides this one, some members did attempt to help him, azu.
His/her last activity here was : Last Activity: December 31st, 1999 07:00 PM.

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=67449

In the future please don't resurrect threads older than a month.

I'm sorry photolady. I'll check the post dates from now on.
photolady
June 18th, 2009, 06:09 PM
Thanks. Also check to see how many times OP has posted to his/her questions. If, like this thread, and it's partner, no more response from OP, is a good indication you shouldn't post there either. :D