PREMIO Computer, Inc. Troubleshooting Guide : HDD Bootable?

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Last revised:
10/13/1998

PREMIO Troubleshooting Guide
IS THE HDD BOOTABLE?

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Begin at the START symbol, and follow the flowchart below to troubleshoot your problem. Remember to click on the GREEN boxes for more detailed instructions!

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CHECK BIOS BOOT SEQUENCE
1. First, set and check the boot sequence in your BIOS.
2. For systems with an AWARD BIOS, go to BIOS Features Setup, and set the BOOT SEQUENCE to A,C,SCSI.
3. For systems with an AMI BIOS, set the first boot device to FLOPPY, and the second boot device to IDE0.

BOOT FROM BOOTABLE FLOPPY DISK
1. If you don't have a bootable floppy disk, you can create one if you have another system that's working.
2. If the HDD on the system that's not booting has Windows 95 on it, make sure you use a system that's also running Windows 95 to create the boot disk.
3. To create the boot disk from a working system, go to START / Programs / MS-DOS Prompt. This will open a DOS window.
4.Insert a blank disk into the A: drive. For the following DOS commands in bold text, type out the exact commands and then hit ENTER.
5. FORMAT A: /U/S - this will format the disk and make it bootable.
6. COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SYS.COM A: - this copies the SYS.COM utility (which is needed to make an IDE HDD bootable again) to the A: drive.

MAKE HDD BOOTABLE
1. Boot from a bootable disk, or from the disk you've just created by following the above instructions.
2. At the "A:\>" prompt, type SYS C:. This will make the HDD bootable again. When it's done, remove the floppy disk and hit the system reset button.
3. If you get an error message that says, "Bad command or file name," then you are missing the SYS.COM file on your boot disk. You can copy SYS.COM to the disk by following step number 6 from above.

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