Drive 80 is the first hard disk drive. A BIOS read error means that the
system was using BIOS facilities to read the disk, and the BIOS returned an
error code instead of a success code. The drive is faulty, or
misconfigured. Get some disk drive diagnostics from the hard disk drive
manuufacturer and use them to pinpoint the problem.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98
> Can someone tell me what is the meaning of this error
> message? BIOS Read Error 04 on drive 80. I'm running
> Windows 95 in a Compaq Presario Desktop which is about 10
> years old.