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 Oct 15 2009, 01:51 AM
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Oct 15 2009, 04:13 AM
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 RoadRunner, Meep, Meep. Group: Members Posts: 1,664 Joined: 5-August 08 From: Brisbane, Qld Member No.: 227,713 |
 You could have a read of a similar thing here whilst waiting, it may help. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic258295.html 
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Oct 25 2009, 12:32 PM
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Hey, Thanx for tour reply. I got to the point where the computer was supposed to say,press any key to boot from CD hit any key to proceed.and It did'nt do that it said to place diskette into drive a:/ . then I ctrl alt deleted and hit del. and it took me back to where I was.So I checked to make sure that the disk drive was still running first before the hard drive and that the right master or slave connection was chosen. I tried a whole bunch of different combo's and nothing. The computer is a dell dimention l 933 r but the 2 256 mb memory sticks and the video card came from my old gateway. Hell it did'nt matter anyway they were built the same year. So do I punt this thing into the lake or WHAT ?
Thx again Chuck, This post has been edited by Inspector1: Oct 25 2009, 01:06 PM |
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Oct 25 2009, 04:52 PM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 23,623 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Did you go into the BIOS and change the first boot device to the CD drive and not the A: drive?
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Oct 29 2009, 01:28 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 14-January 09 Member No.: 282,734 |
yes I did , and I put in this order cd drive,Ide-hdd, armd-hdd,armd-fdd
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