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I'm trying to restore a Presario 486 SX-33 system. I added a 250 MB Conner
CP30251 hard drive and reformatted it to FAT16 using this machine. Then I
booted to my Win98 master boot disk to get the system going. The hard drive
was automagically recognized as a Type 1 disc and I began to install DOS
6.2. The install went fine. When I rebooted, I got a "non system or disk
error" message. I inserted my boot diskette, pressed the ANY key and
all was well. I decided to try and run Win 3.1 install and, again,
everything installed without a hitch. I rebooted and once again got the
"non system or disk error" message.
I checked the BIOS/setup - diskette boot was enabled, obviously. I wondered
if maybe a system this old didn't have the option of defaulting to C: if
there was no diskette, so I disabled the diskette book and rebooted. I got
a flashing cursor for 8-10 seconds, then the "non system or disk error"
message yet again.
When I boot to my floppy and do <dir c:>, I see command.com, autoexec.bat,
config.sys, a DOS directory - everything I would expect to find. The hard
drive is setup correctly both in setup and as drive C: when I boot
successfully via floppy.
This has got me bumfuzzled. It's not the end of the world, but I was trying
to get this system set up as a machine to play old DOS and Windows games.
Any pointers or ideas would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.
JEFF
I'm trying to restore a Presario 486 SX-33 system. I added a 250 MB Conner
CP30251 hard drive and reformatted it to FAT16 using this machine. Then I
booted to my Win98 master boot disk to get the system going. The hard drive
was automagically recognized as a Type 1 disc and I began to install DOS
6.2. The install went fine. When I rebooted, I got a "non system or disk
error" message. I inserted my boot diskette, pressed the ANY key and
all was well. I decided to try and run Win 3.1 install and, again,
everything installed without a hitch. I rebooted and once again got the
"non system or disk error" message.
I checked the BIOS/setup - diskette boot was enabled, obviously. I wondered
if maybe a system this old didn't have the option of defaulting to C: if
there was no diskette, so I disabled the diskette book and rebooted. I got
a flashing cursor for 8-10 seconds, then the "non system or disk error"
message yet again.
When I boot to my floppy and do <dir c:>, I see command.com, autoexec.bat,
config.sys, a DOS directory - everything I would expect to find. The hard
drive is setup correctly both in setup and as drive C: when I boot
successfully via floppy.
This has got me bumfuzzled. It's not the end of the world, but I was trying
to get this system set up as a machine to play old DOS and Windows games.
Any pointers or ideas would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.
JEFF