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re: Can not boot up in standard mode
Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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Posted by gewg_ (3923 messages posted)


rob wrote:
|Will system data txt or system information report help you to solve the problem?
|
No.

|Any files/folders that I should look for/edit/delete on the C drive?
|
No.

|I took out all of the cards except the video card
|
If you get a single beep at the end of POST, this is unnecessary.

In addition, careless handling of the circuit cards poses a danger to the electronics
as does poking around inside your box willy-nilly
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1127346860
...not to mention inadvertantly causing other problems like dislodging cables.

|and get error messages
|when trying to use the start up floppy that came with the computer.
|
**Trying the diskette in another box** has been mentioned.
The free items at bootdisk.com have also been mentioned.

If you won't try the things that are suggested, we're all just spinning our wheels.




Written in response to:
re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 1:52 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Sun, Dec 28, 2008, 2:05 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (gewg_: Sun, Dec 28, 2008, 3:20 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (rob: Mon, Dec 29, 2008, 3:19 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (gewg_: Mon, Dec 29, 2008, 5:41 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 12:09 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 1:57 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (gewg_: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 4:11 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode -- black screen, blinking cursor (rob: Fri, Jan 9, 2009, 12:30 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (Keith Stanier: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 5:10 am)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 12:20 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 12:23 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 12:31 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (Keith Stanier: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 12:54 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 1:51 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Tue, Dec 30, 2008, 1:33 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (Keith Stanier: Wed, Dec 31, 2008, 4:05 am)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Fri, Jan 9, 2009, 12:33 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Fri, Jan 9, 2009, 2:07 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (Keith Stanier: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 2:06 am)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (gewg_: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 12:08 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 1:52 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (gewg_: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 3:22 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 1:33 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (gewg_: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 1:52 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (Keith Stanier: Sat, Jan 10, 2009, 1:58 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Sun, Jan 4, 2009, 3:36 pm)
*re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Fri, Jan 9, 2009, 3:32 pm)
-re: Can not boot up in standard mode (rob: Sun, Jan 11, 2009, 11:03 am)
*Got Windoze re-installed (sorta); driver problems now (gewg_: Sun, Jan 11, 2009, 1:39 pm)
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