Dear Sirs: Is it possible to buy or get recovery disks for my midwest micro computer that is 9 or 10 yrs. Old. I replaced the battery, but it didn't help. The computer is asking me to put in a start up disk that I don't have. We always used the computer just for games and never had it hooked up the internet. Jim Passer. [email protected]

A Recovery disk is generally an image of the hard drive as it came from the factory. Such disks din't come into general use until about 5-6 years ago so I doubt if one is available for your old machine.

I think your problem may be that you have the wrong drive type selectied in the CMOS after replacing the battery. I would first try setting it to Auto. If that doesn't work you need to check on the drive for a drive type or check the drive manufacturer's web site. Generally older drives were type 1-47. If the type isn't listed you may have to enter the details like cylinders etc manually. These parameters should be on the drive.

Thank you for responding to my computer failure message. I contacted the manufacturer website and another co. Has taken over the part sales etc. I received a confirmation of my e-mail, but no info on my problem yet. It had something to do with changing over to jan 1 2003. I've replaced the battery, but it didn't help. The machine says to put in a recovery disk in drive A. No cursor or response on the mouse. Before it said that the hard drive wasn't installed. Thanks [email protected]