I had the HD crash in my T20, so I replaced it with the one from an old R51 and it won't reboot. I'd like to reformat the disk and load Win 2K, but I have no floppy and no bootable Win 2K CD. I've got an old T20 recovery disk that says it's bootable, but when I put it in the drive and try to boot, I get a message that says there is no CD drive. But the drive is working because when I put in my Ultimate Boot CD, it works. What can I do to get this thing working again?
Thanks,
Craig
T20 hard drive replace with one from R51 and won't boot
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Move the Ultrabay CD drive boot order up higher or use an external USB CD drive.
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