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re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers'
Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 7:33 pm
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Posted by BillyBob! (49 messages posted)


Adjust your bios to boot your harddrive 1st then your floppy. Also disable a: drive seek at start up if it has it.


On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 12:19 pm, john wrote:
>I have a question about Get 
>the latest drivers:

> >i am running windows 98 se, amd k6 233mhz laptop. > >i am having a boot problem when i remove the floppy and replace it with the battery. > the laptop uses the same bay for both. when i do this my system hangs at the "msmouse.vxd" >line of the system.ini file. i can hotswitch it, but this is not ideal. > >it boots fine when i keep the floppy drive in the bay, but then i can't use my laptop >without keeping it plugged into the wall. i would like to be able to boot up with >the battery in the laptop and no floppy. > >i can't seem to fix this and would appreciate any helpful suggestions you can offer. > > >thanks, > >john > > > >




Written in response to:
Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (john: Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 12:19 pm)

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*re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (john: Friday, October 3, 2003 at 7:15 am)

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-Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (john: Thu, Oct 2, 2003, 12:19 pm)
-re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (BillyBob!: Thu, Oct 2, 2003, 7:33 pm)
-re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (john: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 7:15 am)
-re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (BillyBob!: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 7:47 am)
*re: Question about 'Get the latest drivers' (john: Wed, Oct 8, 2003, 11:57 am)
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