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IDE boot problem
Name: DaveB Date: April 18, 2002 at 14:57:20 Pacific
Comment:
I have a 100MB conner IDE hard drive. I fdisked it and format/s it, the screen said system transferred after saying format complete, when attempting to boot to the drive I get a screen full of 0’s and 1’s (during the formatting process format couldn’t find a few of the allocation units but recoverd O.K. and seemed to finish the format O.K.), has anyone encountered this problem, does it mean the drive is US if not can I rectify this.
Name: guru Date: April 18, 2002 at 15:15:14 Pacific
Reply:
you dont say what system you're trying to run the conner in. maybe it's too fast for a hdd that old. just a thought.
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Response Number 2
Name: sam Date: April 18, 2002 at 15:57:36 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried scandisk?
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Response Number 3
Name: tracy Date: April 18, 2002 at 15:57:40 Pacific
Reply:
i keep getting an error that says i need IDLE.DLL file when i try tto download yahoo messanger
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Response Number 4
Name: dmorse03 Date: April 18, 2002 at 18:37:50 Pacific
Reply:
Boot from a floppy and then enter:
Sys C:
This will reload the system files. Then you should be able to boot, though their will be nothing on C: except 'Command.com'.
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Response Number 5
Name: Mobey Date: April 18, 2002 at 21:04:47 Pacific
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I’d be concerned about the health of that HDD if “during the formatting process format couldn’t find a few of the allocation units”. Maybe a screen of 0s and 1s is another clue.
A 100MB HDD has got to be pretty old.
If you’re planning on installing WIN 98 on it, you’re going to have to figure out how to span the installation over onto another drive. Usually, the core installation is somewhere in the neighborhood of 400MB.
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Response Number 6
Name: DaveB Date: April 19, 2002 at 00:51:11 Pacific
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