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by ggillcom

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Removed HD from old system.It was working fine.Installed in new system.Both systems are Win 98.Get error message :invalid drive specification.Did a FDISK.Found that partition was created and active.Tried FORMAT c: .Received the error message:"invalid drive specification.Can not ger to BIOS setup because thre are no instructions or prompt to do so.This is a GATEWAY 2000 computer.How do I get to the BIOS?

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by alpha-male

You're correct, the problem is that your drive is not being recognized correctly by the BIOS. How to get into the BIOS depends on the make/model you are using.

Take a look here for some ideas as to how to get in:

http://win98private.net/bios_access.htm

If none of that works, I've found the good old hold a key down until you get a keyboard error then go into the BIOS from there often works.

Good luck...hope this helps!

by alpha-male

I looked at a couple Gateway systems here and they used either F1 or F2 to get into the BIOS.

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