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Old 03-29-2001, 05:18 AM
Ernie Capper Ernie Capper is offline
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I have just recived a IBM 560 Notebook, I can't get this thing to boot up?
When I started it it was showing (invalid disk). I have since got it to boot from PCMCIA, the it asks for a floppy and tells me to press F1, then nothing happens, Do I need some kind of utility disk to set this thing up.
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Old 03-30-2001, 10:52 AM
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Sounds like the hard drive isn't formated and partitioned. Go here and get a Windows98 boot disk. bootdisk.com

You should be able to fdisk and format your hard drive with it. Then install your OS.


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Old 03-31-2001, 02:33 AM
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