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Answer» I have a really old laptop which I want to fix. I got it going, which was cool. I rebooted it to test it, but to my dismay I got an error message I have never got before: "PLACE system disk in drive." "Place system disk in drive."The BIOS is unable to find any operating system to load. One will need to be installed. Quote from: Bones92 on January 28, 2008, 10:28:48 PM I downloaded a few boot disks, but they didn't work.Why? What happens you use a boot disk?Bones Just checking ... when you downloaded the boot disks, did you just copy them on to a floppy ?? What you need to do is to save them to your hard disk, then execute them; this will then write the disk image on to the floppy, which should then be bootable GrahamQuote from: Bones92 I have a really old laptop which I want to fix. I got it going, which was cool. I rebooted it to test it, but to my dismay I got an error message I have never got before: "Place system disk in drive." Please post your hardware setup and check if your floppy disk drive will accept 1.44 disks, some fitted in older model laptops will only run from 720's Checked all these THINGS, and yes I used a disk image program to make the floppy disk images to become boot disks. Yes, its a 1.44 floppy disk drive. And it just ignored the boot disks, which is another first for me. If I put them in when it wanted a system disk it ignored them, and if I put them in before booting it up, I still got the same error message. Thanks for the responces, any other ideas?You could (and I dont know how on your machine) go into the cmos setup - it USUALLY tells you as it does the power-on routines how to access it. There you may well find an option that lets you change the order of disk drives that it checks for the boot process - make sure it goes to the floppy first GrahamAh, thats the problem. The only (and I mean only) way to get into BIOS and CMOS on a t2000sx is to create a cmos checksum error. Which is a major problem in my opinion. And a stupid DESIGN of computer.I assume you have searched -- I found one page where someone said he had managed to force a cmos error (but alas didnt go into any detail) Another site - http://209.167.114.38/support/techsupport/tsbs/all/-TSB000733.htm Suggests holding ESC when rebooting Good luck with it, it sounds like a beast of a machine! GrahamOk, i'll try it. I'll get back to you on that one. |
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