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austinwiltshire
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January 10th, 2003 18:00
Device IOS Error on startup
I was able to read a post below mine to fix the power problem, back to the blue screen. I get this right during boot phase, I've tried safe mode(and the others for kicks) and all of them end up giving me this blue screen. Looked a bit like
WHILE INITIALIZING DEVICE IOS
Error : IOS subsystem file failed to load.
I'm not sure exactly what it says, thought I could copy it word for word if it would help. Then goes on to tell me either my file is corrupt or I'm out of memory. I'm pretty sure I'm NOT out of memory. Then it halts the system, there's no way to get into my files to check out this thing to see what's up. I've tried a startup disk but the disk drive tells me that it has an I/O error(it doesnt give me a non-system disk, etc...) I'm not exactly sure why it won't recognize a boot disk or whats going on, any help?
-Austin
austinwiltshire
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Posted January 11th, 2003 01:00
Safe mode does not run the machine, I get the same blue screen. I cannot boot from a startup disk, disk drive gives me 'I/O error', however, it only does this when i put a BOOT disk in, otherwise it gives the usual 'non-system disk or disk error', so it leaves one wondering whether the disk drive works or not. I have detatched all peripherals other than the video card and I still get the error. I havent' messed with MSCONFIG, however there isnt any way I can get back to correct it if I cannot run the PC in safe mode/disk boot.
-Austin
NVRambo
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Posted January 11th, 2003 00:00