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cheryl - 14 Nov 2003 14:38 GMT

my computer,a packard-bell platinum,windows 98 plus,wont
boot into windows. it starts posting then message says
insert bootable media.i inserted a floppy startup disk and
get the following message-win98 cannot locate valid fat or
fat32. tried scandisk on boot disk but reported no errors.
cannot start in safe-mode. recently tried before all this
to add more memory,was unsuccessful. can someone help me
with this problem. thanks.

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philo - 14 Nov 2003 14:55 GMT

> my computer,a packard-bell platinum,windows 98 plus,wont
> boot into windows. it starts posting then message says
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> to add more memory,was unsuccessful. can someone help me
> with this problem. thanks.

when you tried to add more memory
i bet you might have loosened the haddrive ide cable

open the case and make sure all your cables are plugged in firmly

then confirm that the bios is really detecting your harddrive

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rr - 16 Nov 2003 18:46 GMT

I have the same problem with a HP pavillion 8595C
startup goes to disk boot failure recovery shows does not
contain FAT or valid FAT 32 partition.
SCANDISK no errors
will not start in safe mode
no new additions to the system just started.
any help or ideas would be appriciated

>-----Original Message-----
>my computer,a packard-bell platinum,windows 98 plus,wont
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>with this problem. thanks.
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Steve Baron - KB3MM - 17 Nov 2003 02:20 GMT

Boot from your startup floppy and run scandisk from it.

> I have the same problem with a HP pavillion 8595C
> startup goes to disk boot failure recovery shows does not
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> >with this problem. thanks.
> >.

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owlbird - 17 Nov 2003 12:14 GMT

Hi, it's easy. Please visit http://www.ptdd.com and download Partition Table Doctor

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