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1962 boot sequence error

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by safedisco

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hi i got given a computer and the guy who gave i to me said he didnt know what was on it him self well when i powered it up it came up with its start up screen with IBM then the screen goes black and it beeps the says on screen 1962 Boot Sequence Error
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can any one help me please and im not shore what windows it is i think it my be 95/98 thanks please reply

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by jaqui

A hard disk drive boot error (error codes 1962 and I999030X) can be caused by the following:

CAUSE ACTIONS
The start-up drive is not in the boot
sequence in configuration. Check the configuration and ensure the start-up drive is in the boot sequence.

No operating system installed on the boot drive.

Install an operating system on the boot drive.

The boot sector on the start-up drive is corrupted.

The drive is defective. Replace the hard disk drive.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=1962&uid=psg1DDSE-43XNPV&loc=en_US&cs=iso-8859-1&cc=us&lang=en

by moncada_carlos

This machine is an IBM Netvista. I went into the start sequence and set the 1. to floppy, 2. hardrive0, 3. optics and 4. disabled network. Computer started up.

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