Re: missing operating system

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 01:28:25 EDT

Jimmy..
check your add in memory..
run the test in easy setup..
try the recovery with only the system mnemory..
on occasion marginal memory can cause this sort of error..

even otherwise good memory, but from different manufacturers.. :-)

jimmy wrote:

> Hi Bill
> Thanks for your help,i didmake a mistake on the boot sequence.I changed it
> back to the correct and it can read the floppy and cdrom,but when it went to
> recovery for a while it show error (error while unpacking image)and then
> stop.I 've call IBM and they said they eill send me another recovery
> disk.Hope the new one will work.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>
> To: "Mark Bell" <bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net>
> Cc: "Jimmy" <hijimmy_at_flex.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 5:50 AM
> Subject: Re: missing operating system
>
> > The recovery CD might not be bootable..
> >
> > try changing the boot sequence to FLOPPY, CD, HDD in that order..
> >
> > Mark Bell wrote:
> >
> > > At 06:48 PM 04/28/2000 -1000, Jimmy wrote:
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy To:
> > > >thinhpad_at_cs.utk.edu Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:39 PM Subject:
> > > >missing operating system
> > > > My thinkpad 385XD set crash,i tried to recover the old 95,i
> change
> > > >the boot sequence to cd rom first then i put in the recovery
> disc.After
> > > >that nothing boot up everthing gone,the screen came on thinkpan on
> > > >,after the thinkpad screen only missing operatingsystem show on the
> left
> > > >top coner. No matter what i did nothing came on eveni put the
> > > >recovery boot cdrom flopp in no luck,then i try to put the recovery cd
> in
> > > >on and off same thing no luck. Anyone has any idea please help.
> > > >Thanks Jimmy
> > > >
> > >
> > > Format a disk on another system with Windows 95 "format a: /s" to make
> > > the disk bootable. Copy sys.com to the disk from the c:\windows\command
> > > directory. Boot the floppy on the 385XD system. type "sys c:" at the a:
> > > prompt. Manually verify that command.com is in the root dir of your
> system.
> > > Reboot.
> > >
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> >
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> > 

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