On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:17:38 PM UTC-6, artisa...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hello!   
   >    
   > I recently purchased an Atari Mega STE with an internal hard drive. For some   
   reason, I cannot boot into the internal hard drive at all because I do not   
   know what key to push to bypass the floppy drive. I am still very novice at   
   this, plus the fact is I    
   do not have an owner's manual for this computer. Can someone give me some tips   
   on how to perform this action?   
   >    
   > Your assistance and advice are duly appreciated. Thank you.   
   >    
   > –Artisan21   
      
   Hi again, folks!   
      
   OK. Here is the recent news. I used a MegaSTE Language Disk floppy and got   
   three inaccessible hard drive partition icons on the screen. I also   
   commandeered a copy of the MegaATE Advanced Hard Drive Utilities floppy disk.   
   I ran the AHDI program on the    
   disk, and the computer said that the hard disk was not boot-loaded. We are   
   seemingly getting closer to the hard disk working, but what lack I yet?   
      
   I think that there may be a desktop .INF file in the hard disk. Could that be   
   an issue? How do I make the hard disk self-boot without ruining the data on   
   there, in short, without wiping out the drive?  Do I need to have HDINSTALL   
   run to set up the hard    
   drive and can I do that without erasing the data? Thanks.   
      
   –Artisan21   
      
   P.S. I also have hard drive recovery applications. I might want to try these,   
   but I need your advice first. Thanks again!   
      
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