I'm not an expert in this but I don't think that this pc has a BIOS on a ROM. Try booting from a DOS floppy and do the fdisk /mbr + fdisk + format /s sequence. You'll probably have to run the HP setup program thereafter to install the HP BIOS / setup program (or whatever it is called) on the hard …

I have HP Vectra QS/16S Intel 386. I am trying to get a IDE Compact Flash drive working . This HP system has a floppy disk loading BIOS settings program. In the BIOS, you need to initialize hard drives When you try to initialize a hard drive it has you pick from a list of proprietary HP hard drive …

I was finally able to get boot with a: and b: drives accessible respectively, independently. Now having issue with hard drive access. Thanks for the help!

Is the cable a straight cable or does it have a twist at the end ? With twist cables both floppy drives are set as ID1 (DS2) in jumpers, the drive after the twist is A: drive. If straight cable one floppy should be ID0 (DS1) and the other to ID1 (DS2), ID0 is A: drive. I can barely read the jumpers …

I was having trouble getting my new HP Vectra QS/16S Intel 386 booting up and getting into some sort of BIOS. I finally found the right SETUP file/disk to get into BIOS settings. ( file 38188.exe from hpe.com) I am having trouble getting both the A: 3.5" 1.2mb drive and B: 5.25" 1.2mb drive working …

I was having trouble getting my new HP Vectra QS/16S Intel 386 booting up and getting into some sort of BIOS. I finally found the right SETUP file/disk to get into BIOS settings. ( file 38188.exe from hpe.com) I am having trouble getting both the A: 3.5" 1.2mb drive and B: 5.25" 1.2mb drive working …

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I was having trouble getting my new HP Vectra QS/16S Intel 386 booting up and getting into some sort of BIOS. I finally found the right SETUP file/disk to get into BIOS settings. ( file 38188.exe from hpe.com) I am having trouble getting both the A: 3.5" 1.2mb drive and B: 5.25" 1.2mb drive working …

I was also suspecting cmos battery causing issues, have one on the way. I will go top down until I find a file to start this up. Do you think the file has to say startup or setup, or do you think it would be another utility in the list? What about a utility close to the date of manufacture (05/1990 …

From what I've heard and found. This 386 system doesn't use a standard bios rom. It uses a disk to access bios setup? No "F2" on startup. Maybe I'm wrong? Need some assistance. Scratching my head on this one. So close. I have either dos 6.22 and win95 ready to install. I think I need a new cmos …

I have just found a Vectra QS/16S. What disk did you use? I have tried several from hp museum, but haven't got it running yet.

Where to start? I have been trying to get new to me 386 system up and running. Hewlett-Packard Vectra QS/16S Intel 386. It needs a setup disk to boot up. I have downloaded several boot/start-up/setup Utilities from HP museum. I have transfered over to compact flash and then made disks on 3.5" disks. …