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Has yours definitely got a HD in it? Most didn't. I think you are correct, even with HD they still needed to boot from floppy. Is it those weird 3" disks?
Might be worth checking if the mainboard battery is ok. I think the old Amstrads took AAs somewhere!
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The 1640 used 5 1/4" disks--it was a PC rather than one from the 464, 664, 6128 series.
I can't remember whether it only booted from floppy disks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1640
I think the old Amstrads took AAs somewhere!
AFAIR there was a recess for batteries on the top of the case that you plonked the monitor on.
Oliver Schick
Sorry if not the right thread, but I have a prehistoric PC question - I'm seeing if an 80s Amstrad 1640 is working - when powering on it asks for a system disk, upon insertion there is a disk boot failure message - that's the floppy disk that's failing, not the hard drive, right? Assume it's trying to boot from the floppy....