On 15 Aug 2003 at 14:01, John Tomany wrote:
>> On 8/13/2003 7:50 PM +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > I am hoping this is the proper place to ask. I was using a 486
>> > Zenith with MS-DOS 3.3 until it stopped working today. When I
>> > turned it on, the only thing that came on the screen was the
>> > error message "This is not a bootable partition". Pressing F2
>> > does nothing. Any suggestions anyone?
>
>So far, everyone has provided good info that is applicable to
>this problem. But I'm surprised that no one mentioned a just-
>as-common cause (on an older machine) as a failed drive: a dead
>CMOS RAM battery, which provides the BIOS with info about the
>type of hard drive installed... or even if there is one installed.
>
Good suggestions; should have thought of this, myself, especially with
the age of the machine mentioned. I'd certainly agree that this is a
strong possibility of being the cause.
Anthony Albert
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