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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by mstyles55
Well? Did it work???
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?
The original post was from 1999.
Well somebody had to answer him.. he waited a long time..
9 years, 11 months, 4 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Azu
I'd be willing to bet that he retired his 486 running Windows 3.11 a long time ago. ;)
I guess that would be a pretty remarkable uptime, for a Windows computer.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpywareDr
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by photolady
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