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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 26 Dec 2003 20:29 GMT

You seem to be leading in the right direction
with "Invalid drive specification" being a CMOS problem.

I have replaced HD and still get "Invalid drive
specification" when botting from A:\

Any suggestions on tweaking CMOS to fix this?

Regards,

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Gerry Voras - 27 Dec 2003 02:07 GMT

Make sure the primary boot device definition in the BIOS is set to A:, and
that a: is defined as a 3.5inch, 1.44Meg drive.

> You seem to be leading in the right direction
> with "Invalid drive specification" being a CMOS problem.
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> Regards,

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 29 Dec 2003 14:31 GMT

Check. Thank you.

"Invalid drive specification" When I try to access any
drive out side of boot up. What the heck.

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cquirke (MVP Win9x) - 29 Dec 2003 18:32 GMT

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:07:07 -0700, "Gerry Voras"

>Make sure the primary boot device definition in the BIOS is set to A:, and
>that a: is defined as a 3.5inch, 1.44Meg drive.

Step 1 of http://users,iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/virtest.htm :-)

><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> You seem to be leading in the right direction
>> with "Invalid drive specification" being a CMOS problem.

Um... "Invalid drive specification" simply means you are asking for a
drive letter that has nothing assigned to it. Where that letter is C:
and you expected to have a hard drive volume appear there, incorrect
CMOS settings (no HD defined, incorrect HD geometry, the controller to
which the HD is attached is not enabled) may be the cause.

But other causes include corruption of the hard drive's contents
(specifically, partition table and partition boot record), or issues
with "special" boot code needed to see the volume, such as
BIOS-overriding DDO code and so on.

Finally, hardware issues such as disconnected cables, incorrect drive
jumper settings and hardware failures complete the picture.

>> I have replaced HD and still get "Invalid drive
>> specification" when botting from A:\

>> Any suggestions on tweaking CMOS to fix this?

Does your CMOS show a HD defined?
Is the clock's date and time correct?

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