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Matt Sullivan

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Jan 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/1/96
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Recently, I've not been able to boot from a floppy (either DOS 6.2 or Win95).
If I try to use a Dos floppy, the machine boots up, but I only get access to
the A drive, no Hard Drive access. If I try to use the Win95 startup disk,
the machine hangs soon after the mem test is done.

The guy at Compaq tech support told me that Win95 'is particular about what
kind of command.com it boots from'. I told him that I didn't want to run
Win95, just get to me to a dos prompt with access to the HD, and I'd be
happy. He just didn't seem to get the picture...

Also, I can't access my BIOS settings when I re-boot (machine just doesn't
let me get in).

I think that the root of this problem is the "Monkey_A" virus (according to
McAfee Scan), but the fix is to boot off a clean disk, and then disinfect. I,
of course, cannot boot off a floppy now.

any help would be great

thanks

matt

Jens Peter Karlsen

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Jan 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/3/96
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w...@saturn.caps.maine.edu (Matt Sullivan) wrote:

>Recently, I've not been able to boot from a floppy (either DOS 6.2 or Win95).
>If I try to use a Dos floppy, the machine boots up, but I only get access to
>the A drive, no Hard Drive access. If I try to use the Win95 startup disk,
>the machine hangs soon after the mem test is done.

If the HD isn't accessible after booting from floppy, then either you
have lost your CMOS settings our your controller is faulty.

>The guy at Compaq tech support told me that Win95 'is particular about what
>kind of command.com it boots from'. I told him that I didn't want to run
>Win95, just get to me to a dos prompt with access to the HD, and I'd be
>happy. He just didn't seem to get the picture...

>Also, I can't access my BIOS settings when I re-boot (machine just doesn't
>let me get in).

Sounds like you have a hardware problem. Time for a repair.

>I think that the root of this problem is the "Monkey_A" virus (according to
>McAfee Scan), but the fix is to boot off a clean disk, and then disinfect. I,
>of course, cannot boot off a floppy now.

A virus can't damage hardware so it's not that.

>any help would be great

>thanks

>matt
Regards.
JPK.


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