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Error loading operating system
Name: John Mather Date: December 15, 2005 at 12:25:28 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: Pentium 3 (old one), 128m
Comment:
I got my Grans old computer today a bit crappy with an old pentium 3 processor. The main thing was it had 2gig on the HD.
I linked two HD together both IDE. Now when i turn the PC on it comes up with
Loading OS...
i left it for a while came back to it and it says:
Name: foo Date: December 15, 2005 at 12:56:32 Pacific
Reply:
Does the system boot up with the original hard drive only?
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Response Number 2
Name: John Mather Date: December 15, 2005 at 13:31:41 Pacific
Reply:
No i just thought that the memory of the two drives was too much for the OS to handle!
i tried it with the new one on its own and then the old one on its own!
neither is working now, i think i broke it
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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 15, 2005 at 14:50:05 Pacific
Reply:
So you're saying when you put it back together exactly like it was, it doesn't work? If so, post back the exact error message you get when you attempt to boot up with the original configuration.
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Response Number 4
Name: John Mather Date: December 15, 2005 at 15:09:09 Pacific
Reply:
OS loading Please wait...
Error trying to load OS start-up cannot complete
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Response Number 5
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 15, 2005 at 17:31:17 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure the drive is identified in cmos the same way it was originally--probably as AUTO.
Make sure the drive is connected in the same place on the cable as it was originally. If you changed the jumpers on the drive put them back. Make sure the cable is tightly connected.
If that doesn't help, boot with a 98 bootdisk and at the prompt type fdisk and enter, Y to large disk support if asked. Then option 4. Exactly what does it say?
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Response Number 6
Name: John Mather Date: December 16, 2005 at 02:07:13 Pacific
Reply:
I haven't done that yet but i will try it when i get the disk.
I tried turning it on again and it just said Insert bootable media
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Response Number 7
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 16, 2005 at 11:50:55 Pacific
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You can download a 98 SE bootdisk file at someplace like www.bootdisk.com or I can email you one. You can run the fdisk command after booting from it.
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Response Number 8
Name: John Mather Date: December 16, 2005 at 15:18:15 Pacific
Reply:
I will give that a go then
I may build my own though how does thsi sound? :
Motherboard - Asus A7V8x-MX - £32.90 Processor - AMD Athlon XP 3000 - £64 Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 40 gig £34.19 RAM - 512MB - £26 Graphics Card - Geforce MX 4000 128mb(its s--- but i am using this one for gaming and mine for other stuff, plus i have this one lying around the house)
(I no this is in the wrong section but if the MOD is botherd me may move it)
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Response Number 9
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 16, 2005 at 15:29:26 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds good. I guess for gaming you'd be using XP? If you plan on using 98 be sure to install the chipset drivers immediately after installing the OS. Well, do that for XP too, but 98 will not have drivers for much of the on-board hardware.
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Response Number 10
Name: John Mather Date: December 19, 2005 at 01:00:24 Pacific
Reply:
yeh im gonna put XP on this one!
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Response Number 11
Name: John Mather Date: December 19, 2005 at 10:40:36 Pacific
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what do i do with the boot disk? i have downloaded it
do i just stick it on a disk then wack it in the broken comp?
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Response Number 12
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 19, 2005 at 13:29:01 Pacific
Reply:
You need to run the file you downloaded and it will create the bootdisk. Then make sure the a: drive is the first boot device in cmos/bios setup. Then put the disk in and turn the computer on. When it gets to the a:\> prompt run fdisk as I explained above.
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Response Number 13
Name: John Mather Date: December 20, 2005 at 03:11:22 Pacific
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