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

  • From: Jorge Camboni <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:59:38 -0500

Most probably bad HDD. I can tell you for
sure the operating system and info you had in the hdd are lost.
regardless of what the problem was or what caused that, you can do the
following: get a win98 startup disk; boot with it and try a dir o dir /p 
command
in case you can reach c:\
If you get the prompt and execute the dir command (which is rather unlikely),
100% info is corrupted, so you can  format c: /q  . That is gonna tell you
at the end of the quick format, if you have bad clusters and how many.
In that case just just get a new HDD
If it can't even read disk c: just get a new HDD
If it does nof found any bad sectors it was a virus or something like that and
you'd better do an inconditional format (format c: /u) and reinstall your 
favorite
operating system, etc.
In fewer words: in this state of affairs there are only 2 possibilities 
ahead of you:
trash it or format it.
good luck
Jorge


At 04:41 p.m. 31/07/03 -0400,  Philip Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


>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
>
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