From: scosgt_at_att.net
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 18:07:45 EST
Probably a bad floppy drive
Very common problem
Make sure it is seated properly
> Hello!
>
> I am a current Thinkpad 760EL owner. Unfortunately, if
> I can't resolve this problem, I will be a "former"
> Thinkpad 760EL owner. :-(
>
> I bought my 760EL off Ebay. (cringe) It came with a
> 1.44 floppy drive, a 810 mb hard drive, and no
> operating system. (It had Win 95). It boots to the C:/
> prompt. I then purchased a new 8X CD Rom, a 2.1 GB
> Hard drive and a new battery. I also have a Win 98 CD.
> I then found out that I needed a boot disk to install
> the CD, but when I tried using one it kept on giving
> me Data error reading drive A. Is this a problem with
> my hard drive, floppy/cdrom connection or something
> more devious and technical? Any suggestions, other
> than throwing it out? :-) I now know why they named it
> an EL, cuz I'm ready to throw it the 'EL out! haha I
> made a funny.
>
> Anyways, what's my next step?
>
>
>
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