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FDD, HDD  failure

Tags: fdd, message, controler
my lil sister got a 386DX computer with a 102mb harddrive... i know it'z old it'z her mama'z fault... and i want to help her upgrade it... well i put all the partz in a tower  but when i tried to boot up i got a FDD HDD failure message... i tried reseting the CMOS and i got another controler card  but the HDD failure message kept reappearing... i'm thinking some of them ISA slotz might not be working on the motherboard... i remember only one of them being used in the desk top case i removed the ISA CARDS ... and i'm thinking about adding a larger harddrive because she want windows95 at least and that 102mb harddrive is not working beside she never got any installation disk for windows 3.1 and if i delete it i might be in a spot... how do i get a copy of it just in case ??
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Zone: OS
Question Asked By: skillz
Solution Provided By: speed_54
Participating Experts: 2
Solution Grade: B
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