Hello, i would be very grateful for some help regarding
the following problem:
I had connected two computers, one running on windows 98,
the other on windows 95 (probably 95B), via direct cable
connection using a parallel cable. I was copying some
files to the computer with win 95. Everything went
smoothly until I unplugged the cable from the win 95
machine which froze upon doing this. It even didn't react
to mouse movements any more. I tried to restart it, but it
gets no further than to the "Award software - system
configurations" page now, where it indicates: "primary
master disk: none" (just as for the primary slave and
secondary master and slave). The last thing that happens
is the message "Disk boot failure, insert system disk" to
pop up.
I made sure that the boot sequence in the bios is set
to "a,c" and that it should auto-detect the hard drive.
Provided there are no more intricate settings in the bios
I should check, this should be ok. I also tried boot disks
(from bootdisk.com) both for windows 95A and 95B when it
told me to insert that system disk, but without any
succes. Finally, I opened the computer to make sure none
of the plugs or the cards broke loose when I pulled the
cable, but there was no apparent damage to any of them.
Is there any hope that I might recover the data stored on
this computer?
Thank you so much for any hints!