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   
      
   OK. Now, when I want to use the HDINSTALL program, all the physical drive   
   numbers are ghosted. They cannot be accessed. I was able to get into the hard   
   drive at least twice before. This is very strange. I cannot get the hard drive   
   to even boot. The    
   internal floppy drive is OK. I am wondering if the hard drive was so old that   
   it eventually died on me.    
      
   The internal hard drive light does not even turn on at all, even if I do not   
   use a floppy disk. So, maybe it did die out. Please tell me, if this is the   
   case, what kind of hard drive will my MegaSTE accept if I cannot resurrect   
   this hard drive? Thanks.   
      
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