At 05:58 PM 2/9/03 -0500, Jeff Dougherty wrote the following:

I can now get to the A prompt using the bootdisk I made from the website Gerry
sent me.
It appears to want to install Windows 3.1, but there is no "C" drive.
In the BIOS, it is set to number 48, I think (The highest number), but I can't
even get to the C:\ prompt or install to c:\Windows directory.
When I abort the install, the A prompt is there.
Since it doesn't detect a C: drive I can't format it to try again. A couple days
ago, I got to the C: drive just fine. Is there a way to reset this somehow?
Boot from the floppy. When the A: prompts appears, type:
A:\ fdisk c: /mbr
reboot the laptop and see if it boots

If it doesn't, then boot from the floppy again and try:
A:\ sys c:
followed by
A:\ copy command.com c:
reboot the laptop again and see if it boots

If it doesn't then you will have to see if the partition is OK . However, it
should be OK because you saw the C: drive before with the Win98 disk.

If you have to start all over with Win 3.x installation then you will need
all the original Win 3.x disks. I think there were 6 although not all of
them are used. The Win 3.x setup disk starts with a format of the C: drive.

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Gerry Boyd
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