[TechAssist] Re: IBM Netvista 667 MHz Type 2276 tower, boot failure]

  • From: Philip Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:41:00 -0400

I took good forum advice and took the tower to my friend who has a PC
repair business.He ran several troubleshooter programs and determined
the HDD was bad.We installed the new HDD, loaded "ME" (migraine enabler)
and that was that.I donated the system to our cousin and his wife.A
sweet young married couple with two kids who are really trying hard to
work and do right.He was very excited when he picked it up today. It's
not always about the money,I have realised over the years.Felt good to
see young eyes bug out at a cool 667 MHz system with CDRW. (his old one
was 90 MHz).
I run XP Pro at home on a 1.8 GHz P4 and that is THE best ever. My wife
and me have two identities on the desk top and each set of settings are
preserved.Like having two seperate PC's. I want XP Pro on all my PCs
now.
Wife says now to look at the Sunday ads for a laptop for her college
courses (age 41,mid life career change).
I sweat at the thought...
Lets see, one laptop...That's two-hundred TV repairs...
Phil Bader

J Silverman wrote:
> 
> Not a expert but I will comment anyway! First you need to determine if the
> hard drive is OK or not. If it is, ME is corrupt. Run a program like
> Scandisk. If all is OK, you need to load an operating system. Had similar
> problem on a Gateway computer that came with ME installed. It got corrupted
> when something went wrong during a Micrsoft Update. Restore no longer
> worked. The CD that came with the computer was not capable of a complete
> reinstall. Rather than spend $100 for a ME CD, which my wife didnt like
> anyway, I bought a new, unregistered, XP (Home Edition) on eBay for $75 and
> installed that. Works great.
> Jerry Silverman
> Greentron Inc
> 4 Newland Ave
> Greenville SC 29609
> 864 232 3889
> Fax 271 2080
> mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] IBM Netvista 667 MHz Type 2276 tower, boot failure]
> 
> >
> >
> > First, I am a TV tech not a PC tech so bear with me please.
> > I fell heir to this 667 MHz celeron PC,Windows ME.
> > ("peoples PC" tag on front)
> > Will not boot. Previous user said someone said bad hard drive.
> > When I power it up:
> > 1. Turns on, "IBM" logo appears across screen.
> > 2.message: "Boot failure, insert boot disk in drive A.
> > (I insert the orig. looking IBM recov. diskette given me, "A" drive
> > starts working.)
> > 3. "Starting Windows 98"  (note that  the front tag says Windows ME)
> >   goes on to say: "diskette will attempt to repair the IBM product.
> > 4. "Recovery program on hard disk.Press any key to continue." (I do)
> > 5. "Your machine will reboot in 5 seconds to complete the repair."
> > 6. "Failed to get disk parameters. The IBM product recovery program
> > could not be found on your hard disk.Contact IBM personal system help
> > center for an IBM recovery CD."
> > End of story.
> > Any help appreciated. Yhis would be a nice extra PC for the shop.
> > Bad HDD?
> > Corrupted files?
> > Someone put W98 over the OS?
> > Phil Bader
> >
> > --
> > Philip Bader
> > Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> > Fax (863) 299-8821
> > email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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Philip Bader
Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
Fax (863) 299-8821      
email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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