GRoK This!

Invalid system disk. replace the disk, and then press any key

That message is known to strike terror into the hearts of the most stalwart men and women. I got that message today on my computer. I had logged in and was doing some work when I noticed a problem with Norton Anti-Virus. I really don't think there's a virus on my system, as I am always running Norton and it always checks the downloaded files. I had also recently updated Firefox and some of its extensions. The problem with Norton was that it was complaining about some .dll files. So, I decided to reboot, and that's when I got the message. A wierd thing was that the boot order changed, and it was looking for my floppy first. Very odd. Well, I have two computers, and that one is my "private" one, and the one where my blog, etc, resides is my "public" one. So, at least I have one computer still running. Tonight is Drinking Liberally, so I won't have much time to spend on the problem tonight. And, wouldn't you know it, I've been doing monthly backups except for the last two months because I had run out of CDs.

Posted at 10:28AM Jun 14, 2007 by Gary Kephart in Computers  |