Re: 760EL not reading drive A

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From: Toni (cruelpeep_at_yourvillage.com)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 23:14:51 EST

if it's a "data error" that would suggest to me a bad floppy boot disk.

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From: <scosgt_at_att.net>
To: d g <tvvcrcombo_at_yahoo.com>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: 760EL not reading drive A

> 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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