re: PC has stopped working
Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 7:15 am
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Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
"'Pri. Master Disk HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability ... Disabled', if that is relevant."
Not relevant.
Sounds like maybe a hardware problem developed while your daughter was working on
the computer, certainly unusual, but not impossible.
Yes, the floppy could have had a virus, but this doesn't really sound like a virus,
although I would hesitate to completely rule that out.
As an aside, it's really a bad idea to open files from a floppy disk, it's fairly
easy to corrupt the entire floppy disk, losing all of the data on it.
At this point you should do some basic hardware troubleshooting. Begin with seeing
if you can get into the bios setup. If you have an old W9x boot floppy, see if you
can boot with that. If those work, then write back, if they don't work write back.
On Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 5:45 am, glenn wrote:
>Background to problem, in case its relevant:
>My daughter working on PC with floppy.
>PC would not turn off. I turned it off my holding on/off switch in.
>Turned on PC and it gave the usual error message when you turn on a PC with floppy
>still in PC.
>Turned off PC. Discovered floppy. Took it out.
>PC now does not complete booting process.
>I'm stuck with the black and white page and process does not get beyond 'Veryfying
>DMI Pool Data'.
>I also notice further up the screen: 'Pri. Master Disk HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability
>.... Disabled', if that is relevant.
>Can you give me any advice about how to proceed?
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