Can someone help this person out? If so reply directly to her at the address below. Thanks. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "AUDREY" <kutter(a)arn.net> Subject: RE: IBM XT286 Date sent: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:17:22 -0500 I hope you can help me with my problem ,as you can see I have this old machine . I had to replace the battery and now I can't bring anything up. I can't even get the to the C: prompt. This one has a Conner hard drive, this is the information on the drive : Conner,CP 30064H ACO3286 CP30064H 9027 CMO2322 3GT 2.55 ML2 T ALR POWERFLEX FLYER HARD DRIVE:60MB TYPE:6 S/N0361634. I don't have a manual or a systems disk for this machine. Every time I try to run setup this is the message I get back : device I/O error I get this message with every thing iI try. If you have a manual or a systems disk can you make a copy and I will buy them from you. If you can help me set this thing up will you send the information in a way a 55 year old granny can understand . I want my grandson to learn on it. I'm sorry this is so long . Thank You, Audrey ----- David Williams - Computer Packrat dlw(a)trailingedge.com http://www.trailingedge.com