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  1. April 5th, 1999, 05:47 AM #1
    mstyles55
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    Hard disk not ready??

    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
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  2. March 9th, 2009, 10:29 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by mstyles55 View Post
    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
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  3. March 9th, 2009, 10:35 PM #3
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    Well? Did it work???
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  4. March 10th, 2009, 02:59 AM #4
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    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?
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  6. March 10th, 2009, 03:57 AM #5
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    The original post was from 1999.
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  7. March 10th, 2009, 04:39 AM #6
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    Well somebody had to answer him.. he waited a long time..
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  8. March 10th, 2009, 05:18 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Azu View Post

    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.
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  9. March 10th, 2009, 05:35 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by SpywareDr View Post
    42 minutes?
    I guess that would be a pretty remarkable uptime, for a Windows computer.
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  11. March 10th, 2009, 07:09 AM #9
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    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.
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  12. June 18th, 2009, 04:09 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by photolady View Post
    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.
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  13. June 18th, 2009, 06:09 PM #11
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    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.
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