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Name: jobgaas
Date: February 12, 2006 at 14:21:23 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
OS: Windows 3.11
CPU/Ram: 486
Model/Manufacturer: Unknown
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Industrial computer running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11. Hard drive is dying and need to replace.
FDISK and FORMAT/S the replacement as a D: drive (slave). XCOPY/S the C: drive to the D: drive. (Most of the time there are no errors). Remove the old drive, re-jumper, and re-BIOS for only the new drive. The computer will not boot from this drive but will boot from a boot disk in A:. It did boot from the original drive, and when re-installed and re-BIOS'd, with the D: (slave present)boot from C:.

The new drive has everything, including the hidden files. Tried a:\sys c: from the boot disk (new drive only present) and had no luck. All ideas are appreciated.


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Response Number 1
Name: wizard-fred
Date: February 12, 2006 at 14:47:08 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
Reply: (edit)

You need to set the new drive active. FDISK will not make drive D active. You will need to boot from a floppy to this with the new drive as C.


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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: February 13, 2006 at 04:10:54 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
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Hi w-f,

Good point.

I don't remember if fdisk will make two actives on two physival drives. You're probably right.

"Tried a:\sys c: from the boot disk (new drive only present) and had no luck."

If that means that the sys worked and it still won't boot, very likely w-f has it nailed.


If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2


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Response Number 3
Name: jobgaas
Date: February 13, 2006 at 07:58:24 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
Reply: (edit)

I'm missing something.

With the new drive as C: detected with the BIOS utility (and the old drive removed from the system) I ran A:\SYS C: with a boot floppy.

Thought this made it active. If not, how do I make C: active?

Thanks!



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Response Number 4
Name: wizard-fred
Date: February 13, 2006 at 08:18:47 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
Reply: (edit)

To make it active, boot with a floppy and run FDISK and choose option 2. SYS only installs the system files. To make/change the active status in the partition table requires the use of a third party partition manager like Partition Manager.


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Response Number 5
Name: jobgaas
Date: February 13, 2006 at 09:27:41 Pacific
Subject: replacement drive won't boot
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That was it. Learn something everyday. Thank you very, very much.



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