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

From: Jorge Camboni <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 01:25:54 -0500
You may need motherboard drivers and a few more. If you're very
lucky, all of them will be included in win98SE/WindowsME

At 05:34 p.m. 31/07/03 -0400, you wrote:
>I actually had a old  good 4 gig hard drive in the drawer with W98SE on
>it as sort of a back up HDD from my main PC that I replaced with a
>larger HDD.
>I just swapped it into this tower. It booted up, recognised several new
>devices,wanted to reboot,and it works now. So I assume the HDD was bad.
>I will order a larger drive MOnday.I guess I'll have to get an OS as
>well.These manufacturers don't always include the OS CD when they sell a
>system.
>Phil Bader
>
>"Ron Miller d.b.a. Country TV" wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like a bad hard drive to me,have fixed a few pcs for good customers
> > that have asked for system boot disk after BIOS post by replacing the
> > HD.hth.
> > Country TV
> > Ron Miller
> > Inez, TX. 77968
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Philip Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:41 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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Jorge Camboni, GY Electronics, Richardson, TX

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