21 Oct
2004
21 Oct
'04
11:09 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Good point - I always disconnect drives etc. at first
power-up, but one
area where I've seen people have trouble is in floppy disks - DON'T USE
THE MASTER DISKETTE ON FIRST ATTEMPT TO BOOT! I always try to find ways
to backup the disks and boot from a copy if at all possible.
Boot from a junk or blank diskette -- getting recal, head load,
right blinking lights etc let's you trust the thing a
little more.