Thread: i think i broke it

If you are running Dos/windows95 or 98 do the following:

on another computer with the same OS go into
dos, insert a formated floppy and type

"sys a:"

prese enter.

After it is done do a copy of the sys.com program. For dos it will be in C:\dos. For Windows 95/98 it will be in C:\windows\command\.

i.e. copy c:\windows\command\sys.com a:

Then stick that disk into your mp3 computer. It will then boot to an A:\> prompt. Type:

"sys c:"

This will redo your boot partition and make it bootable again (hopefully) if the error is not a physical error.

Sounds like there could be physical damage to the boot sector of the disk. This is bad. You may be able to boot from a floppy and see the drive, so you can try the SYS.COM trick. However, run a SCANDISK /SURFACE afterwards. If there is any physical damage, just replace the disk.

Of course, your BIOS setting could just be wrong...

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Aaron Cake
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on other thing could be the fact that he didn't mount it properly which will result in a phyical damage to the HD.

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Or a wire or two on the ide cable got messed up. (I did this :P )