RE: problem installing jfw5.0
- From: "Eric Patterson" <ericp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:23:34 -0800
Hi Tony and others, I doubt that the system disk error she is getting
pertains at all to the installation of JFW. The next thing that needs to
happen is to see if the computer will even recognize the hard drive anymore.
This will require a disk that can boot to DOS. Once she gets to the command
line, she will need to type "c:" and press the enter key. This will require
sighted assistance unless the disk contains a DOS screen reader and she has
a supported hardware synthesizer. If she gets to the C-prompt, she might
have damaged system files and the operating system might need to be
reinstalled. However, it she gets a message like, "invalid Drive
Specification," this could mean that something suddenly happened to the hard
drive. I suppose she could have damaged some system files in order to
install JFW, but I don't know how that could have happened. Does anyone
else have any comments? Thanks.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of tony
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:49 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: problem installing jfw5.0
Hi guys, I have a friend who has a computer running Windows ME. She
downloaded jfw 5.0 from the Freedom scientific website and tried to install
it. Well, she double-clicked the icon on the desktop, saw an hour glass and
heard the computer rumbling. Here comes the good part. She then saw all of
her desktop icons disappear, all except the system files. The computer
stopped rumbling, the icons were gone so she rebooted. She the got a message
saying, invalid system disk, try another and hit any key to continue. Well,
there was no disk in the floppy drive or in the cdrom drive, so she tried to
reboot again and got the same thing. Windows will not start. Has anyone ever
had this problem with a downloaded version of jfw? If anyone can help with
this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Tony
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