Thread: Invalid BOOT Diskette message - am I screwed?
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:31 PM
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Re: Invalid BOOT Diskette message - am I screwed?
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Originally Posted by jephree View Post
Your Dell lights are interpreted as an "Other Failure":

Documentation

I recently worked a similar error here:

Dell Dimension 8100 won't boot up

Here is the 4100 Maintenance jumper:

Documentation

See if that gets you into Setup.
Hi Jephree-

Thanks again for trying to help.

I can get into Setup OK. Right now, I'm running an IDE Diagnostics, but it's taking a really long time. Screen presently reads "IDE Drive Diagnostics running, please wait...
Primary IDE Drive 0:".

Relative to the Maintenance jumper you've kindly linked me to above, it states I should write down all my settings. I wrote down all the info on the screens from Setup -- is this what they are talking about?

When in Setup, what if i just go to Exit then Load Setup Defaults? Someone suggested setting the first boot device to ATAPI CDRom then loading/running WinXP repair.
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