I'm sooo stupid... Sorry in advance for the length. Trying to be neat and thorough. Plus after reading this you may be thinking this isn't worth the trouble, but I want to try and learn something. So, please read this and thanks for any help.
A friend bought a used computer, but the previous owner deleted personal files and some of them were pertanent to operating the computer! At first, I was able to access win95 and was going to reload win95 cd. Wasn't enough space. Not knowing what I was doing, I created a host drive. DUMB choice. Then I tried to delete the host drive. Couldn't figure that out, so I just started deleting all the files and EVERYTHING in the host drive. (I had the win95 cd, so why not? I'll just reinstall win95.) DUH!
Bottom line, I am now getting the dreaded error message: ""Invalid System Disk" replace the disk & press any key.""
Of course I didn't have a floppy disk, so I went to bootdisk.com and tried a few of their downloads. None of them work. Am I sunk or what?!
The following is all of the information I could write down:
+++DESCRIPTION:
Packard Bell Legend20 CD
Local BUS Video & Hard Drive Interface PCI Upgradeable
Double Speed CD-ROM Drive
16-Bit Stereo Sound Card & Speakers
MPC Level 2 Multimedia Specifications
PB Navigator
Plus Software etc...
+++MORE DESCRIPTION:
80486DX2-66MHz Intel Processor
420 MB Hard Disk Drive
4MB of RAM upgradeable to 64MB
1MB Video Memory
Fax / Modem Installed (9,600/2,400BPS)
Telephone Answering System Built In
+++When I first turn the computer on:
Phoenix BIOS Version 4.03
PB450M PNP release x1.13
CPU=486DX2 66MHz
0000640K System RAM ...PASSED
0007168K Extended RAM ...PASSED
System BIOS ...Shadowed
Video BIOS ...Shadowed
3F8H COM Address ...Conflict
Mouse Initialized
Diskette B ...ERROR
Autotyping Adapter0 Master ...OK
Intel Plug and Play BIOS Extentions Release 1.1u
Press <F1> to resume <F2> to setup
If I press F1 I get "Invalid System Disk Replace and press any key
If I press F2 I go to the Phoenix BIOS
This is the information on the MAIN page:
CPU [66MHz]: 486DX2
Co-processor: Internal
System RAM: 640KB
External RAM: 7168KB
Shadow RAM: NONE
L2 Cache RAM: NONE
Diskette A: 1.44MB, 3-1/2"
Master0: User Defined
Master1: NONE
BIOS DT: 6/13/94 YEP!!! LOL
Display Type: EGA / VGA
PS/2 Mouse Installed
COM Ports: 03F8,02F8
LPT Ports: 0378
Diskette B: 1.2MB, 5-1/4"
Slave0: NONE
Slave1: NONE
OK!!! I dare you to figure this out! I "think" if I can just get access to use the CD I can reinstall??? Of course I've proved to myself thinking is a very scary and dangerous thing for me...
Thanks again!!!
A friend bought a used computer, but the previous owner deleted personal files and some of them were pertanent to operating the computer! At first, I was able to access win95 and was going to reload win95 cd. Wasn't enough space. Not knowing what I was doing, I created a host drive. DUMB choice. Then I tried to delete the host drive. Couldn't figure that out, so I just started deleting all the files and EVERYTHING in the host drive. (I had the win95 cd, so why not? I'll just reinstall win95.) DUH!
Bottom line, I am now getting the dreaded error message: ""Invalid System Disk" replace the disk & press any key.""
Of course I didn't have a floppy disk, so I went to bootdisk.com and tried a few of their downloads. None of them work. Am I sunk or what?!
The following is all of the information I could write down:
+++DESCRIPTION:
Packard Bell Legend20 CD
Local BUS Video & Hard Drive Interface PCI Upgradeable
Double Speed CD-ROM Drive
16-Bit Stereo Sound Card & Speakers
MPC Level 2 Multimedia Specifications
PB Navigator
Plus Software etc...
+++MORE DESCRIPTION:
80486DX2-66MHz Intel Processor
420 MB Hard Disk Drive
4MB of RAM upgradeable to 64MB
1MB Video Memory
Fax / Modem Installed (9,600/2,400BPS)
Telephone Answering System Built In
+++When I first turn the computer on:
Phoenix BIOS Version 4.03
PB450M PNP release x1.13
CPU=486DX2 66MHz
0000640K System RAM ...PASSED
0007168K Extended RAM ...PASSED
System BIOS ...Shadowed
Video BIOS ...Shadowed
3F8H COM Address ...Conflict
Mouse Initialized
Diskette B ...ERROR
Autotyping Adapter0 Master ...OK
Intel Plug and Play BIOS Extentions Release 1.1u
Press <F1> to resume <F2> to setup
If I press F1 I get "Invalid System Disk Replace and press any key
If I press F2 I go to the Phoenix BIOS
This is the information on the MAIN page:
CPU [66MHz]: 486DX2
Co-processor: Internal
System RAM: 640KB
External RAM: 7168KB
Shadow RAM: NONE
L2 Cache RAM: NONE
Diskette A: 1.44MB, 3-1/2"
Master0: User Defined
Master1: NONE
BIOS DT: 6/13/94 YEP!!! LOL
Display Type: EGA / VGA
PS/2 Mouse Installed
COM Ports: 03F8,02F8
LPT Ports: 0378
Diskette B: 1.2MB, 5-1/4"
Slave0: NONE
Slave1: NONE
OK!!! I dare you to figure this out! I "think" if I can just get access to use the CD I can reinstall??? Of course I've proved to myself thinking is a very scary and dangerous thing for me...
Thanks again!!!