OP OP A abfan123 Solid State Member Messages 7 Apr 27, 2004 #12 i just found my recovery CD for the Aptiva so i dont have to worry about calling IBM But now i have a bigger problem. when the hard drive is formatted using the CD it says the File Allocation Table is bad and it wont recover Windows
i just found my recovery CD for the Aptiva so i dont have to worry about calling IBM But now i have a bigger problem. when the hard drive is formatted using the CD it says the File Allocation Table is bad and it wont recover Windows
Lord Kalthorn Guru Messages 13,293 Location Britain Apr 28, 2004 #13 abfan123 said: i just found my recovery CD for the Aptiva so i dont have to worry about calling IBM But now i have a bigger problem. when the hard drive is formatted using the CD it says the File Allocation Table is bad and it wont recover Windows Click to expand... That would be the File Allocation Table on the CD? I think it probably would - you'll have to try and find a better Windows CD - sorry! Unless it is the Hard Drive - which would likely be cheaper. I couldn't really tell you off hand liek this.
abfan123 said: i just found my recovery CD for the Aptiva so i dont have to worry about calling IBM But now i have a bigger problem. when the hard drive is formatted using the CD it says the File Allocation Table is bad and it wont recover Windows Click to expand... That would be the File Allocation Table on the CD? I think it probably would - you'll have to try and find a better Windows CD - sorry! Unless it is the Hard Drive - which would likely be cheaper. I couldn't really tell you off hand liek this.
OP OP A abfan123 Solid State Member Messages 7 Apr 28, 2004 #14 Well, i know 4 sure that its not the CD When i see the FAT is bad, its in the summary just after i format the hard drive And its not the hard drive because i stick 4 perfectly fine hard drives in it and they don't work but there fine elsewhere
Well, i know 4 sure that its not the CD When i see the FAT is bad, its in the summary just after i format the hard drive And its not the hard drive because i stick 4 perfectly fine hard drives in it and they don't work but there fine elsewhere
Lord Kalthorn Guru Messages 13,293 Location Britain Apr 29, 2004 #15 Motherboard could just be plain gone?