Abort retry fail
Win98SE - Unable to install on new HD
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Bitburger
, Jan 09 2006 11:26 AM
#61
Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:32 PM
Abort retry fail
#62
Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:39 PM
Does your T30 have USB ports? If so, do you have a USB flash drive?
#63
Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:40 PM
Yes it has USB Port and I do not have a flash drive
#64
Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:45 PM
You may have a good excuse to pick up a flash drive here... or a USB Floppy drive.
At the A:\ prompt, type C: and press "Enter".
At the C:\ prompt, type command.com and press "Enter"
Does this bring up a prompt and if so, what is it?
At the A:\ prompt, type C: and press "Enter".
At the C:\ prompt, type command.com and press "Enter"
Does this bring up a prompt and if so, what is it?
#65
Posted 12 January 2006 - 08:47 PM
I was at C:
Command.com brings me to C:\ again
Command.com brings me to C:\ again
#66
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:07 PM
I've lost track... ...what is the boot priority set to now. Is it ATAPI CD-ROM...HDD...Floppy?
Go to the C:\ prompt and type A:\setup.exe and press "Enter".
Let me know if you get the read error again...
Go to the C:\ prompt and type A:\setup.exe and press "Enter".
Let me know if you get the read error again...
#67
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:11 PM
CD-HD-Removable
Not ready reading drive a
Abort retry fail
Not ready reading drive a
Abort retry fail
#68
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:18 PM
When you boot from the PC Beginner Utilities 2005 cd, are you given any options or does it go directly to the command prompt?
#69
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:23 PM
Boot from CD ROM
Then start from win 98
and 2 other options
Then start from win 98
and 2 other options
#70
Posted 12 January 2006 - 09:26 PM
if i try and replace with 98 cd it comes abck with lines of files is missing or corrupted. the laqst one that is show corrupted is command com
then it goes to a prompt
then it goes to a prompt
#71
Posted 13 January 2006 - 09:22 AM
A:\Fdisk/mbr comes back to A:
Oh I downloaded from IBM a T30 Disk Doctor CD
Oh I downloaded from IBM a T30 Disk Doctor CD
#72
Posted 13 January 2006 - 09:23 AM
It bvoots up OK and every thing seems to check out OK.
#73
Posted 13 January 2006 - 04:55 PM
When you input this command, did you include the space?A:\Fdisk/mbr comes back to A:
fdisk /mbr
Note the space between fdisk and /mbr
#74
Posted 13 January 2006 - 05:22 PM
Returned to A:\
#75
Posted 13 January 2006 - 05:29 PM
From the A:\ prompt, with the win98 cd in the drive, type win98\setup.exe and press "Enter".
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