Ok I broke down and tried something.
I took the HD out of the laptop, not a big deal, but not sure how to install
in desktop.
One thing there are no power hookups and the cable connections look smaller
than the adapter plugs in my desktop.
This 30 gig Toshiba HD is small....


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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Well here's where we a Everything I can find on this message, which is
common to many laptops that use the same Hibernation system... All roads
lead to those same instructions you already tried. The file that the
message suggests you run, if you could read the whole message, is "HDPREP
(or HDPREPEZ), or 'AMI Save to File Utility'". That would prepare the hard
drive by creating a special partition to hold Hibernation data. But you
have to prep the HD *before* you turn on the feature, and you have to turn
off the feature to make it let you boot if the HD isn't prepped properly.

In short, I'm not sure I can take you any farther. If there is no possible
power management option that fits the bill, I have to wonder if someone
tried to update the BIOS and screwed up. I dunno, nothing quite makes
sense. All I know is that it's the BIOS that's holding you up, and it's
holding you up because it can't find the hibernation partition.

Hmmm... I suppose you could try taking out the HD, putting it into a
desktop, and run the HDPREP program, then put it back in the laptop. Would
be a complicated operation (gotta make sure only the laptop HD gets
"prepped", which might mean having to disable the rest of the HDs in the
machine and use a bootable floppy setup disk to run the HDPREP utility.

But it all comes back to BIOS should have that setting, and if it doesn't,
nothing makes sense. Sorry, but I don't think I could come up with
anything else without the machine in front of me. I'd want to take the
disk out and put it into another machine to see what partitions there are,
and I'd want to positively identify the motherboard and determine if it
was possible to find a BIOS version for it that has the proper settings...

Just doesn't make any sense.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com


"L." wrote in message
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Sorry for the delays, work.

Not sure exactly what make this thing is.No markings on case.
The only info is on a plate on bottom of system and it's stated "Personal
Computer Model No. N340S8".
Another problem is that this was donated and they isn't any disks, etc.
that came with it.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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What is the make/model of the machine?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L." wrote in message
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Followed your instructions but still no go.

I went into BIOS and set floopy to be "1st Boot Device", inserted
floppy and restarted system.
After intitial startup, goes straight to error msg.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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You run BOOTITNG.EXE on the system you used to download it, and it
make's its own bootable floppy (or CD.) You then put that floppy in
the problem machine and boot to it. Once it finishes loading, the
first dialogue you get will be to install BootIt NG (BING) and that's
where you Cancel the installation.

Sorry for the less than clear instructions.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
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Here's what I've got.
D/L and copied to a floppy BootItng.exe. (had to d/l on another
system)
Made a bootable floppy when I installed Win98se.
Problem is, Iv'e set BIOS to read floppy 1st, Cd 2nd and then HD but
this system isn't following instructions.
When the system starts, I can't hear either disk running and then I
get error msg.

I'm confused, when you say to make a bootable floopy unless you're
taking about something other than the one I create with win98se.
Also, run Bootitng.exe--- how when the system locks up even though I
have the bootable floopy in the drive.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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Sorry, that download from BootIt NG is a ZIP file. Unzip that to a
new folder and then run BOOTITNG.EXE file in that folder.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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My suggestion is to get a copy of BootIt NG from www.bootitng.com.
No need to pay, just download the EXE, make a bootable floppy or CD
installer, reboot to the floppy or CD and then CANCEL THE
INSTALLATION! That will drop you into Maintenance Mode where you
can choose Partition Work. See what's listed there in the middle
panel. More than just the one partition where you installed Win98?
If so, please list them for us here, including name, size, type.

What's the make/model of the machine?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com


"L.S." wrote in message
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Followed link.
Problem is there is no such option.
Nothing looks close to an auto Save-to-file option.



"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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See he
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=33474

Let us know how it goes, OK?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"L.S." wrote in message
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Received a donated laptop for our local historical society.
Reformatted HD, everything worked/loaded, but when I restart
system it locks up, no keyboard, nothing with the following msg.
"Invalid hibernation partition/file run hd-----"
I can get into BIOS, using Del key, but that's it.

I've tried to use the startup floppy that was created during Win
install but no go.
I've put in the win98se cd and still nothing.

Is this a win98se problem or did I do something?