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| 250217 | 2004-07-06 06:20:00 | I have a Digital Celebris GL 5133st and need to install windows on it badly, but it wont boot off a floppy disk. Have downloaded a bios update but it won't boot if that disk either. PLEASE HELP! |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 250218 | 2004-07-06 06:25:00 | Have you checked out the boot order in the BIOS? Make sure the floppy is listed before the hard drive. | Jen C (20) | ||
| 250219 | 2004-07-06 06:32:00 | Yes i have done that, A: then C:, i havnt tried reseting the bios yet, but to do so do i change a jumper on the mobo? becuase i have selected set defaults in the bios Thanks Daniel |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 250220 | 2004-07-06 07:19:00 | Set BIOS to boot from CD ROM. Most modern Windows versions come on a bootable disk |
cermet10 (5847) | ||
| 250221 | 2004-07-06 07:22:00 | My reply doesn't show up - I'll try again: Set BIOS to boot from CD ROM. Most modern Windows come on a bootable CD |
cermet10 (5847) | ||
| 250222 | 2004-07-06 09:26:00 | It doesn't support booting off cd, its to old. I have tried to different floppy drives and the first one get stuck checking the disk and the other one can't find the OS on da disk (DOS) | dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 250223 | 2004-07-06 10:05:00 | > Yes i have done that, A: then C:, i havnt tried > reseting the bios yet, but to do so do i change a > jumper on the mobo? becuase i have selected set > defaults in the bios In the BIOS is the floppy disk set to 3.5 1.44 Meg? What version of Windows are you trying to install? What media is Windows on that you want to install? Try to get a floppy disk ( bootable ) like a Win98SE boot disk from a friend. One of these boot disks will allow you to access the CDRom drive. Don't ( just yet ) open the case and change jumpers. We may get to that later. It looks to me that there may be a hardware issue with the floppy drive you have installed but there also may be a problem with the BIOS or media. You can open the case and ensure the cable hasn't dropped out which connects the Motherboard to the floppy drive. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 250224 | 2004-07-06 10:15:00 | You can download a file that when double-clicked will make a bootdisk for you , just have a floppy in the drive. From Bootdisk.com (www.bootdisk.com) | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 250225 | 2004-07-06 10:43:00 | The floppy drive is set to 3.5 1.44mb Im trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server (On cd) I have tried WIN95B through to WINME startup disks and they all do the same. It all started about a week ago when i went to backup my harddrive (At the time NT4 was installed). I then took a 4gb disk drive out of my main server that i wasn't using and now nothing works in my digital. I can only find jumpers that change CPU speeds and CPU FSB. The new drive is a 4gb Seagate drive The old drive was a 2gb IBM drive Both are SCSI Thanks Daniel |
dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 250226 | 2004-07-06 20:13:00 | you maybe looking at a faulty floppy drive try swapping it out. If the pc is old as you seem to say, this maybe good possiblty. |
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