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

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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
>
>
>
>

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i was thinking about flashing my bios.  it is very old and i have found an update 
out there.  could this be the problem?

thanks for your help, billybob.






On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 7:33 pm, BillyBob! wrote:
>Adjust your bios to boot your harddrive 1st then your floppy. Also disable a: drive 
>seek at start up if it has it.
>
>
>

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I wouldn't flash it, if you have a power failure or somthing bad happens, then no more laptop. If it aint broke don't fix it. I haven't falshed mine either and I have dule bios just incase I loose 1. But I see no need to flash it.


On Friday, October 3, 2003 at 7:15 am, john wrote:

>i was thinking about flashing my bios.  it is very old and i have found an update 
>out there.  could this be the problem?
>
>thanks for your help, billybob.
>
>

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the reason i want to flash it is that i upgraded from windows 95 to 98se and i believe 
that this upgrade may require it.  hopefully once i flash it i will stop getting 
"windows protection errors" when i try and boot with the battery.

do you know how i would make a copy of my current bios on a floppy?

thanks,

john






On Friday, October 3, 2003 at 7:47 am, BillyBob! wrote:
>I wouldn't flash it, if you have a power failure or somthing bad happens, then no 
>more laptop. If it aint broke don't fix it. I haven't falshed mine either and I 
have 
>dule bios just incase I loose 1. But I see no need to flash it. 
>
>

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