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Thread ID: 79594 2007-05-25 06:20:00 Help!!! Laptop Woes! starrekin61 (10116) Press F1
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552996 2007-05-25 06:20:00 Hi guys. i have a used IBM Thinkpad 600X. I turn it on and it first said Disk Read Error press Control-Alt-Delete to restart. I do this, then it comes up with a funky screen, a floppy disk drive diagram on top, all the Function Keys listed on the bottom.
Any ideas how I can get back into my system? Or, what's wrong? Could it be the m/b? I've had problems with other devices on it. Thanks.:badpc:
starrekin61 (10116)
552997 2007-05-25 06:24:00 For all that to appear on the screen, you can be sure that most of the motherboard is working. I think that's an IBM diagnostics screen I've seen once.

See if you can find a DOS boot floppy. That will give you a good idea. Then CHKDSK might show what the hard disk is like.
Graham L (2)
552998 2007-05-25 06:29:00 Hi graham. Any ideas where to find a Dos boot floppy? Will try bootdisk.com. Thanks. starrekin61 (10116)
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