Betty1 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I have someone I know who's having problems with his computer. He says it's a 2002 with a Win98 OS and it's telling him there's something wrong with the IOSUBYS and then it just shuts down. He's also telling me that he's having problems with his B:/ drive. Anybody have any kind of idea what's wrong here? I think he should get his hard drive looked at. Because he at first said that he was getting the Win98 startup screen then it froze. Then he calls back and says it told him there was a problem with the A:/ drive. And now the above problem I mentioned. Anyways, I'm getting confused with what exactly is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanmcp Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Hi Betty, trouble shooting hardware problems is very hard to do on a forum like this. Its even more difficult doing it when its coming thru a third party. Information is lost or changed when its retold several times. From what you have mentioned I have no idea whats going on and would suggest they find someone to look at it locally. There are very few PC's made now adays that use the "B" drive, the A and B drive are reservered drives (letters) for removable floppy disks. And most PC's now only come with one 3 1/2" floppy disk. The IOSUBYS is one of the bootup files used for the Input/Output Subsystem on the system. The computer cannot work without it and it maybe bad and not loading, which would explain why it shuts down. Have him get someone to look at it is my advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty1 Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 Hi Betty, trouble shooting hardware problems is very hard to do on a forum like this. Its even more difficult doing it when its coming thru a third party. Information is lost or changed when its retold several times. From what you have mentioned I have no idea whats going on and would suggest they find someone to look at it locally. There are very few PC's made now adays that use the "B" drive, the A and B drive are reservered drives (letters) for removable floppy disks. And most PC's now only come with one 3 1/2" floppy disk. The IOSUBYS is one of the bootup files used for the Input/Output Subsystem on the system. The computer cannot work without it and it maybe bad and not loading, which would explain why it shuts down. Have him get someone to look at it is my advice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's what my advice was to him, have someone who specializes in computers look at it. I told him if it's anything hardware related I can't help him as I've never had training in that or any kind of education in that. That and the fact that he keeps calling back with a different problem isn't helping me any either. I'm getting rather confused with what it is he's having trouble with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonLee Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Hi Betty, trouble shooting hardware problems is very hard to do on a forum like this. Its even more difficult doing it when its coming thru a third party. Information is lost or changed when its retold several times. From what you have mentioned I have no idea whats going on and would suggest they find someone to look at it locally. There are very few PC's made now adays that use the "B" drive, the A and B drive are reservered drives (letters) for removable floppy disks. And most PC's now only come with one 3 1/2" floppy disk. The IOSUBYS is one of the bootup files used for the Input/Output Subsystem on the system. The computer cannot work without it and it maybe bad and not loading, which would explain why it shuts down. Have him get someone to look at it is my advice. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's what my advice was to him, have someone who specializes in computers look at it. I told him if it's anything hardware related I can't help him as I've never had training in that or any kind of education in that. That and the fact that he keeps calling back with a different problem isn't helping me any either. I'm getting rather confused with what it is he's having trouble with. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would be glad to help your friend over the phone if he wishes to call me, or I can attempt to just email him and assist him in a eletronical way. PM me if your interested about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Serpentine Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 However PCHelp, you cant do that in these forums. You may offer free help all day long. Stating that by helping someone here and possibly charging them depending on what you have to do is using these forums for commercial gain and against the forum rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Serpentine is correct and I have edited your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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