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August 22nd, 2002 12:00
invalid boot diskette
Please Help!! My friend has a dell demension L500r. When she turned her computer on her screen was black with a message on it which read "invalid boot diskette". Does anyone know what this means?? Thank You, Kandy
P.S. She didn't leave a disk in it either. It wont do anything!! Thanks again.
P.S. She didn't leave a disk in it either. It wont do anything!! Thanks again.
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August 22nd, 2002 13:00
This message means that one or more of the system files have been inappropriately handled, could be user mishandling or system corruption during a software installation or uninstallation the latter is the most likely.
What OS is themachine running (my assumption is win95 or me), the best option in such a circumstance is to boot to safe mode with command prompt and copy your files to a disk or if you dont mind losing the data on the computer (seldom) go ahead and do a clean install.
Let me know what the last activity was before the system went down like this.
==Anand
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August 22nd, 2002 15:00
Pamela
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August 22nd, 2002 19:00
In addition to Anand's suggestion,that error can also mean that the hard drive has failed and/or she may have a floppy disk in the A: drive. If the A: drive is not the issue, then look in the System setup (BIOS) and see if the hard drive is recognized.
How to enter your friends system setup:
Pamela