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383705	2005-08-25 23:28:00	My son-in-law's firm had a sell-off of old computers'. He is 6feet 4inches tall and had no problem getting in and aquiring a pc for my father's day gift. It's sitting next to me looking quite dumb. Nothing installed yet. It's an IBM 300Gl P11 400mhz 576mb ram 30gig hd 17" screen 1 usb port network connection cd rom 3.5 floppy NO mouse NO keyboard, that's why it's looking lonely. There are keyboards at the Super Shed for $3, but am not sure what type of connection is required for IBM machines. It has the small round connection for the mouse (labeled) and a similar one below, not marked. There are 2 serial port connections to the left of mouse input. Any help would be appreciated, on what to install, hopefully Win98SE will go from this machine through the USB connection. Lurking	Lurking (218)
383706	2005-08-25 23:35:00	Any PS2 keyboard will fit - likewise PS2 mice.	pctek (84)
383707	2005-08-26 01:11:00	Chapter 3. Product recovery The Product Recovery program for your computer is on a separate hidden partition on the hard disk. It runs independently of the operating system. Performing a recovery Important Understand the following information before recovering your software. • Perform a recovery only as a last resort after all other diagnostic and troubleshooting tools have been exhausted. • If possible, back up your data files before starting the recovery process. The recovery process deletes all information that is stored on the primary partition (usually drive C). • The Product Recovery program on the hard disk partition is the primary method to perform recovery procedures. • If you are performing a recovery because the computer hard disk was replaced, see "Software recovery after a hard disk failure" on page 14. To perform a recovery, use the following procedure: 1. Make backup copies of your data files, if possible. Any files on the hard disk that are not backed up will be lost. 2. Turn off your computer for at least 5 seconds. Restart the computer, and press F11 when you see To begin the IBM Product Recovery Program, press F11. (The F11 prompt is displayed for only a few seconds.) Was the FIl prompt displayed? Yes Go to step 3. No Either your computer does not have the Product Recovery program on the hard disk or the F11 prompt is damaged. Go to "Solving recovery problems" on page 14. 3. Did the Product Recovery program start after you pressed FIV Yes Go to step 5 on page 14. No If you have a Product Recovery CD, go to step 4. Otherwise, go to "Solving recovery problems" on page 14. 4. Insert the Product Recovery CD into the CD drive (if you have more than one CD, insert CD 1). Restart the computer. If the computer does not start the Product Recovery program from the CD, you might not have your CD drive or DV13 drive listed in the startup sequence. Set your CD drive or DV13 drive as the first device in the startup sequence. See "Changing the startup sequence" on page 15 for details. 9) Copyright IBM Corp. 2001 5. When the Product Recovery program starts, you might have the opportunity to select an operating system. If a menu of operating systems is displayed, use the arrow keys to select the appropriate operating system, and press Enter. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen. Your computer might restart during the recovery process, possibly more than once. When the recovery process is finished, a completion message is displayed. Notes: 1 . After recovery, you might have to reinstall device drivers for some devices. If you need to reinstall device drivers, see "Recovering or installing device drivers" on page 16. 2. Some computers come with Microsoft Office or Microsoft Works preinstalled. If you need to recover your Microsoft Office or Microsoft Works applications, you must use the Microsoft Office CD or Microsoft Works CD. These CDs are provided only with computers that come with Microsoft Office or Microsoft Works preinstalled.	Skinnerjack (59)
383708	2005-08-26 01:38:00	pctek, thanks for that, it's a start. Lurking	Lurking (218)
383709	2005-08-26 01:41:00	skinnerjack, whoops! was this post all for me!!!!!!!!!!!. Remember I am an oldie as far a computers go. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
383710	2005-08-26 02:46:00	skinnerjack, whoops! was this post all for me!!!!!!!!!!!. Remember I am an oldie as far a computers go. Lurking. He is referring to the System Recovery that is usually installed on a small partition on the hard drive which will restore the PC back to its original setup when it was new. - Windows version whatever + drivers + whatever apps they included. You may or may not still have that on the drive. Worth trying though...	pctek (84)
383711	2005-08-26 03:00:00	The marked small round (min-DIN) socket is a PS/2 one. So is the unmarked one. That's for the keyboard. They must each be plugged into their correct socket to work. A serial mouse will also work (if you can find a serial mouse these days).	Graham L (2)
383712	2005-08-27 04:58:00	Graham L, thanks for that, I was looking at the back of the CPU and plugged into the wrong socket, silly old beggar. Yep I do well remember the Serial Port keyboard, shows up one's age doesn't it!. This was a Company PC as stated in original post, and they have done a great job cleaning things out. At this stage it will be boot to the A: only, type in C: prompt and nothing appears. F1 into the setup shows Hard drive as 0 no B: but the B: (that real old noisy grind) comes up. On the dos screen at the moment is the IBM PCI Token-ring RPL 1998 screen and it's flashing on the OP-0011 0016 line. Thanks to all for your help, especially Skinnerjack for his recovery reply. Lurking	Lurking (218)
383713	2005-08-28 02:59:00	If you've got a Token Ring PCI card, you might as well remove it. The boot rom on that card should only be looking for the server after trying the disks, but ... Token Ring isn't Ethernet, so it's not really a "network card" for most home users. ;)	Graham L (2)
383714	2005-08-29 00:26:00	Graham L, thanks for that. Well I have now started from scratch: FDISK it, but it won't allow me to create 2 hard drives, but that's okay I will stick with the 28gig meantime and put the 10gig from the existing machine over. FORMAt it okay Win98SE Startup Disk and Win98SE CD in, and as always the MSCD001 error keeps popping up, even when upgrading other pcs' in the past!. Have copied SAMSUNG CD-DVD device driver for IDE onto Hard Drive. Can I amend the CONFIG.SYS field, which are on both C: and Ramdrive D:, this at the bottom reads: DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS /D:SSCD000 /V Also the AUTOEXEC.BAT has the line already at the bottom but this reads: C:\SAMSUNG|MSCDEX /D:SSCD000. Memory is not what it used to be!. Mine. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
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