Webmasters - Computer stops at command screen in beggining of boot up

MOTL6 · 09-10-2005, 10:00 AM

Hey guys, I'm trying to get access to my old laptop, a Compac Preserio. I got a Dell to replace it because the screen got messed up, so is the keyboard and etc... so anyway, all of the sudden it'd stop at the boot up screen that asks for commands...

It's stuck on A:\>
There's nothing in the A drive and as far as I can remember I didn't try to fix it using any A drive disks... so I'm confused, but anyway... I'm trying to get past that, so I can save my files on the hard drive... photographs, graphics, website stuff. If anybody has any ideas that would be great and soooo helpful...

Absolutely no rush on this, since the comp. has been unuseuable for more than a year.

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***Chris*** · 09-10-2005, 10:49 AM

This is more suited to the Webmasters board, so I'm going to move it there.

Good luck!

**n e r b l e** · 09-10-2005, 07:52 PM

once it loads and gets to the a:/ screen type in c: what does it do? if it gives you a line that says c:\> type in dir and hit enter. what does it list after you do that?