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Thanks for your help! I don't think I want to tackle this right now but it's nice to know how to go about it when I have more time.

Thanks for the input. I don't have another computer with a 5 1/2" floppy but I think the floppy disks are fine. I'm sure it's the hard drive and the graphics card that are the problem. Here are picturesHercules Graphics Card: https://postimg.cc/SJJNNFvQ Monitor with...

Thanks. I typed "U*U*U*" and I got "UjUjUj" I took the graphics card out. I don't know what an IC socket is but it didn't look like there were any removable parts.

No, I did not. That's a good suggestion. I will have to find a replacement but will try that. Thanks!

Thanks for your response. All of the programs are on C: . I can start Quickbooks from a bat file but it wants me to set up a new account. I can start WordPerfect from a bat file but it says "insufficient file handles to run WordPerfect. Increase Files in Configsys and reboot your computer...

Thanks. The diskette that is referred to must be the hard drive since that's what I was trying to access when I got the error. The computer won't boot unless I use a bootable floppy disk.

Thanks for your input. I tried CLS from the A: and C: with no results.

I have an IBM Personal Computer XT from about 1989 running dos 3.3. When trying to access drive C: from the DOS prompt, I get "Error Reading FAT". I am able to get PCShell to work from the C: drive but when I use it to open programs I get a "bad CRC on diskette read". Also, the entire monitor...

I bought a backup hard drive off of ebay for my Gateway 4SX33 with Windows 3.1 and wanted to make sure it worked (WD Caviar 2340) I replaced my working hard drive with the "new" one and got 3 long beeps. Then I put the original hard drive back in and got the same 3 long beeps. Then I realized...

Thanks Pentium4User, I've had the ram out before but to be sure I just reset it, then switched the 2 RAM banks and tried to start with no RAM so it's down to just the motherboard and always get the black screen. No beeps either. Previously one RAM bank that wasn't seated properly and I got a...