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invalid hibernation partition/file????
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 ... 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 ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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invalid hibernation partition/file????
Found the adapter.
"L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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invalid hibernation partition/file????
It needs replacing, for sure, but we still need that BIOS setting. I've just
seen reports of replacing the CMOS battery causing this problem to pop up (presumably because doing so resets default values, though why Safe to File would be default, Lord only knows), for which the solution is, you guessed it, turn off Save to File, or whatever. I even checked out that AMI BIOS string, and it isn't formed normally. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W That third set should only be four digits. Notice that it's 009999. Suggests to me about as no-name a board as you can get, which means finding the drivers will be impossible. Just gets worser and worser. And that model number, it's tempting to say it's an Advent laptop, or rather a Gericom N340S8 (which is the base of several Advent laptops in a particular series), but I don't think so, and even if it is, there's very little support. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com \ "L." wrote in message ... Sure did. Wondering if I should replace the CMOS battery or just put in shop? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Did you try disabling PM altogether? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Under PM setup I have the following selections: PM = enable or disabled Power Switch Type = Suspend on/off LID Switch Type = Screenoff / suspend Suspend mode = POS(S1) / Disable / STD(S4) Standby time out = Dis / 1 minute- 15 minutes Suspend Time out = Dis / 1min - 30 min HD time out = dis / 1 - 15 minutes Fan Mode = performance / Silent RTC Alarm = enabled / disabled RTC = Alarm date RTC = Hour RTC = Minute RTC = Second That's it under PM Setup. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... I assume that when you choose Boot when asked at the end, nothing happens? CMOS battery low would explain the error message IF that Save to File or whatever setting existed. There's only one Power Management setting? It looks like it's enabled. It doesn't have any kind of sub-menu with a bunch of other PM-related settings? Did you try disabling PM? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Aas a followup. I pulled the battery and the startup stops on the first page asking for; Press F1 to run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue Anyway the info is as follows. American Megatrends Release 11/21/2001 AMIBIOS (C)2000 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ver 2.09 NS570 KBC Version: 1.17 Pentium III,1GHz Checking NVRAM... 253952KB OK ICS9248-146 Inside WAIT.... CMOS Battery Low Press F1------- Press F2------- (C) American Megatrends Inc. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W If I press F1 goes into BIOS. F2 load defualts and goes to page 2 of setup. Page 2: Main Processor :Pentium III Math Processor :Built-IN Base Mem Size : 640KB Floppy Drive A: :1.44 MB 31/2" Ext. mem Size : 247MB Floppy b none Seriall 3F8 Display Type VGA/EGA Parallel Port 378 AMIBIOS date 11/21/2001 Proc. Clock 1GHZ Exter. Cache 256KB, Enabled Power Mage. Enabled Hard Disk Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block PIO UDMA Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master : 58140 16 63 30006MB LBA On 16Sec 4 4 Sec. Master : DVD-ROM 4 2 PCI Devices: Onboard IDE Onboard Comm. Device, IRQ10 Onboard Multimedia Dev. IRQ11 " USB Contr., IRQ9 " USB Control. IRQ9 " Ethernet, IRQ10 " PCI Bridge " CardBus Bridge Bridge VGA SDRAM at DIMM # :1 Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN HDPREPEZ... Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down? __ *** Not sure if any of this helps or not********** "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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invalid hibernation partition/file????
If you found it laying around you're own abode, I'm going to start wondering
just what kind of wonderful junk pile you have there! -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Found the adapter. "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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invalid hibernation partition/file????
Not sure what to suggest you do first, but I'll think about it for a few
hours. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Found the adapter. "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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invalid hibernation partition/file????
Sorry 'bout that.
Found it at Rat-Shack for ~ $10.00 I've got all kinds of 'stuff' here, 4 meg video cards, 5 gig HD, etc., etc. but not that. As you can tell I keep everything. Same with old cell phones. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... If you found it laying around you're own abode, I'm going to start wondering just what kind of wonderful junk pile you have there! -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Found the adapter. "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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I'm wondering if winxp was originally loaded on this system.
I found one link where it talks about not needing Hdprep if running XP, unless I'm reading something wrong. See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000348.htm Maybe I should install new battery and try loading XP as a test. I have several disks with XP(OEM & upgrade) around the office. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... It needs replacing, for sure, but we still need that BIOS setting. I've just seen reports of replacing the CMOS battery causing this problem to pop up (presumably because doing so resets default values, though why Safe to File would be default, Lord only knows), for which the solution is, you guessed it, turn off Save to File, or whatever. I even checked out that AMI BIOS string, and it isn't formed normally. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W That third set should only be four digits. Notice that it's 009999. Suggests to me about as no-name a board as you can get, which means finding the drivers will be impossible. Just gets worser and worser. And that model number, it's tempting to say it's an Advent laptop, or rather a Gericom N340S8 (which is the base of several Advent laptops in a particular series), but I don't think so, and even if it is, there's very little support. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com \ "L." wrote in message ... Sure did. Wondering if I should replace the CMOS battery or just put in shop? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Did you try disabling PM altogether? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Under PM setup I have the following selections: PM = enable or disabled Power Switch Type = Suspend on/off LID Switch Type = Screenoff / suspend Suspend mode = POS(S1) / Disable / STD(S4) Standby time out = Dis / 1 minute- 15 minutes Suspend Time out = Dis / 1min - 30 min HD time out = dis / 1 - 15 minutes Fan Mode = performance / Silent RTC Alarm = enabled / disabled RTC = Alarm date RTC = Hour RTC = Minute RTC = Second That's it under PM Setup. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... I assume that when you choose Boot when asked at the end, nothing happens? CMOS battery low would explain the error message IF that Save to File or whatever setting existed. There's only one Power Management setting? It looks like it's enabled. It doesn't have any kind of sub-menu with a bunch of other PM-related settings? Did you try disabling PM? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Aas a followup. I pulled the battery and the startup stops on the first page asking for; Press F1 to run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue Anyway the info is as follows. American Megatrends Release 11/21/2001 AMIBIOS (C)2000 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ver 2.09 NS570 KBC Version: 1.17 Pentium III,1GHz Checking NVRAM... 253952KB OK ICS9248-146 Inside WAIT.... CMOS Battery Low Press F1------- Press F2------- (C) American Megatrends Inc. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W If I press F1 goes into BIOS. F2 load defualts and goes to page 2 of setup. Page 2: Main Processor :Pentium III Math Processor :Built-IN Base Mem Size : 640KB Floppy Drive A: :1.44 MB 31/2" Ext. mem Size : 247MB Floppy b none Seriall 3F8 Display Type VGA/EGA Parallel Port 378 AMIBIOS date 11/21/2001 Proc. Clock 1GHZ Exter. Cache 256KB, Enabled Power Mage. Enabled Hard Disk Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block PIO UDMA Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master : 58140 16 63 30006MB LBA On 16Sec 4 4 Sec. Master : DVD-ROM 4 2 PCI Devices: Onboard IDE Onboard Comm. Device, IRQ10 Onboard Multimedia Dev. IRQ11 " USB Contr., IRQ9 " USB Control. IRQ9 " Ethernet, IRQ10 " PCI Bridge " CardBus Bridge Bridge VGA SDRAM at DIMM # :1 Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN HDPREPEZ... Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down? __ *** Not sure if any of this helps or not********** "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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But it's my understanding that you can't even boot a floppy or CD.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L.S." wrote in message ... I'm wondering if winxp was originally loaded on this system. I found one link where it talks about not needing Hdprep if running XP, unless I'm reading something wrong. See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000348.htm Maybe I should install new battery and try loading XP as a test. I have several disks with XP(OEM & upgrade) around the office. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... It needs replacing, for sure, but we still need that BIOS setting. I've just seen reports of replacing the CMOS battery causing this problem to pop up (presumably because doing so resets default values, though why Safe to File would be default, Lord only knows), for which the solution is, you guessed it, turn off Save to File, or whatever. I even checked out that AMI BIOS string, and it isn't formed normally. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W That third set should only be four digits. Notice that it's 009999. Suggests to me about as no-name a board as you can get, which means finding the drivers will be impossible. Just gets worser and worser. And that model number, it's tempting to say it's an Advent laptop, or rather a Gericom N340S8 (which is the base of several Advent laptops in a particular series), but I don't think so, and even if it is, there's very little support. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com \ "L." wrote in message ... Sure did. Wondering if I should replace the CMOS battery or just put in shop? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Did you try disabling PM altogether? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Under PM setup I have the following selections: PM = enable or disabled Power Switch Type = Suspend on/off LID Switch Type = Screenoff / suspend Suspend mode = POS(S1) / Disable / STD(S4) Standby time out = Dis / 1 minute- 15 minutes Suspend Time out = Dis / 1min - 30 min HD time out = dis / 1 - 15 minutes Fan Mode = performance / Silent RTC Alarm = enabled / disabled RTC = Alarm date RTC = Hour RTC = Minute RTC = Second That's it under PM Setup. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... I assume that when you choose Boot when asked at the end, nothing happens? CMOS battery low would explain the error message IF that Save to File or whatever setting existed. There's only one Power Management setting? It looks like it's enabled. It doesn't have any kind of sub-menu with a bunch of other PM-related settings? Did you try disabling PM? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Aas a followup. I pulled the battery and the startup stops on the first page asking for; Press F1 to run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue Anyway the info is as follows. American Megatrends Release 11/21/2001 AMIBIOS (C)2000 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ver 2.09 NS570 KBC Version: 1.17 Pentium III,1GHz Checking NVRAM... 253952KB OK ICS9248-146 Inside WAIT.... CMOS Battery Low Press F1------- Press F2------- (C) American Megatrends Inc. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W If I press F1 goes into BIOS. F2 load defualts and goes to page 2 of setup. Page 2: Main Processor :Pentium III Math Processor :Built-IN Base Mem Size : 640KB Floppy Drive A: :1.44 MB 31/2" Ext. mem Size : 247MB Floppy b none Seriall 3F8 Display Type VGA/EGA Parallel Port 378 AMIBIOS date 11/21/2001 Proc. Clock 1GHZ Exter. Cache 256KB, Enabled Power Mage. Enabled Hard Disk Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block PIO UDMA Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master : 58140 16 63 30006MB LBA On 16Sec 4 4 Sec. Master : DVD-ROM 4 2 PCI Devices: Onboard IDE Onboard Comm. Device, IRQ10 Onboard Multimedia Dev. IRQ11 " USB Contr., IRQ9 " USB Control. IRQ9 " Ethernet, IRQ10 " PCI Bridge " CardBus Bridge Bridge VGA SDRAM at DIMM # :1 Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN HDPREPEZ... Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down? __ *** Not sure if any of this helps or not********** "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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True.
Once startup stops at the "invalid hibernation-----", that's it. Was wondering about taking the HD out putting it in one of my dsktops and reinstalling Win. But, if it's a BIOS problem, will that even help? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... But it's my understanding that you can't even boot a floppy or CD. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L.S." wrote in message ... I'm wondering if winxp was originally loaded on this system. I found one link where it talks about not needing Hdprep if running XP, unless I'm reading something wrong. See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000348.htm Maybe I should install new battery and try loading XP as a test. I have several disks with XP(OEM & upgrade) around the office. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... It needs replacing, for sure, but we still need that BIOS setting. I've just seen reports of replacing the CMOS battery causing this problem to pop up (presumably because doing so resets default values, though why Safe to File would be default, Lord only knows), for which the solution is, you guessed it, turn off Save to File, or whatever. I even checked out that AMI BIOS string, and it isn't formed normally. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W That third set should only be four digits. Notice that it's 009999. Suggests to me about as no-name a board as you can get, which means finding the drivers will be impossible. Just gets worser and worser. And that model number, it's tempting to say it's an Advent laptop, or rather a Gericom N340S8 (which is the base of several Advent laptops in a particular series), but I don't think so, and even if it is, there's very little support. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com \ "L." wrote in message ... Sure did. Wondering if I should replace the CMOS battery or just put in shop? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Did you try disabling PM altogether? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Under PM setup I have the following selections: PM = enable or disabled Power Switch Type = Suspend on/off LID Switch Type = Screenoff / suspend Suspend mode = POS(S1) / Disable / STD(S4) Standby time out = Dis / 1 minute- 15 minutes Suspend Time out = Dis / 1min - 30 min HD time out = dis / 1 - 15 minutes Fan Mode = performance / Silent RTC Alarm = enabled / disabled RTC = Alarm date RTC = Hour RTC = Minute RTC = Second That's it under PM Setup. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... I assume that when you choose Boot when asked at the end, nothing happens? CMOS battery low would explain the error message IF that Save to File or whatever setting existed. There's only one Power Management setting? It looks like it's enabled. It doesn't have any kind of sub-menu with a bunch of other PM-related settings? Did you try disabling PM? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Aas a followup. I pulled the battery and the startup stops on the first page asking for; Press F1 to run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue Anyway the info is as follows. American Megatrends Release 11/21/2001 AMIBIOS (C)2000 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ver 2.09 NS570 KBC Version: 1.17 Pentium III,1GHz Checking NVRAM... 253952KB OK ICS9248-146 Inside WAIT.... CMOS Battery Low Press F1------- Press F2------- (C) American Megatrends Inc. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W If I press F1 goes into BIOS. F2 load defualts and goes to page 2 of setup. Page 2: Main Processor :Pentium III Math Processor :Built-IN Base Mem Size : 640KB Floppy Drive A: :1.44 MB 31/2" Ext. mem Size : 247MB Floppy b none Seriall 3F8 Display Type VGA/EGA Parallel Port 378 AMIBIOS date 11/21/2001 Proc. Clock 1GHZ Exter. Cache 256KB, Enabled Power Mage. Enabled Hard Disk Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block PIO UDMA Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master : 58140 16 63 30006MB LBA On 16Sec 4 4 Sec. Master : DVD-ROM 4 2 PCI Devices: Onboard IDE Onboard Comm. Device, IRQ10 Onboard Multimedia Dev. IRQ11 " USB Contr., IRQ9 " USB Control. IRQ9 " Ethernet, IRQ10 " PCI Bridge " CardBus Bridge Bridge VGA SDRAM at DIMM # :1 Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN HDPREPEZ... Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down? __ *** Not sure if any of this helps or not********** "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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Don't think so. We're still stuck.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L.S." wrote in message ... True. Once startup stops at the "invalid hibernation-----", that's it. Was wondering about taking the HD out putting it in one of my dsktops and reinstalling Win. But, if it's a BIOS problem, will that even help? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... But it's my understanding that you can't even boot a floppy or CD. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L.S." wrote in message ... I'm wondering if winxp was originally loaded on this system. I found one link where it talks about not needing Hdprep if running XP, unless I'm reading something wrong. See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000348.htm Maybe I should install new battery and try loading XP as a test. I have several disks with XP(OEM & upgrade) around the office. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... It needs replacing, for sure, but we still need that BIOS setting. I've just seen reports of replacing the CMOS battery causing this problem to pop up (presumably because doing so resets default values, though why Safe to File would be default, Lord only knows), for which the solution is, you guessed it, turn off Save to File, or whatever. I even checked out that AMI BIOS string, and it isn't formed normally. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W That third set should only be four digits. Notice that it's 009999. Suggests to me about as no-name a board as you can get, which means finding the drivers will be impossible. Just gets worser and worser. And that model number, it's tempting to say it's an Advent laptop, or rather a Gericom N340S8 (which is the base of several Advent laptops in a particular series), but I don't think so, and even if it is, there's very little support. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com \ "L." wrote in message ... Sure did. Wondering if I should replace the CMOS battery or just put in shop? "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Did you try disabling PM altogether? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Under PM setup I have the following selections: PM = enable or disabled Power Switch Type = Suspend on/off LID Switch Type = Screenoff / suspend Suspend mode = POS(S1) / Disable / STD(S4) Standby time out = Dis / 1 minute- 15 minutes Suspend Time out = Dis / 1min - 30 min HD time out = dis / 1 - 15 minutes Fan Mode = performance / Silent RTC Alarm = enabled / disabled RTC = Alarm date RTC = Hour RTC = Minute RTC = Second That's it under PM Setup. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... I assume that when you choose Boot when asked at the end, nothing happens? CMOS battery low would explain the error message IF that Save to File or whatever setting existed. There's only one Power Management setting? It looks like it's enabled. It doesn't have any kind of sub-menu with a bunch of other PM-related settings? Did you try disabling PM? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... Aas a followup. I pulled the battery and the startup stops on the first page asking for; Press F1 to run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue Anyway the info is as follows. American Megatrends Release 11/21/2001 AMIBIOS (C)2000 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS ver 2.09 NS570 KBC Version: 1.17 Pentium III,1GHz Checking NVRAM... 253952KB OK ICS9248-146 Inside WAIT.... CMOS Battery Low Press F1------- Press F2------- (C) American Megatrends Inc. 62-0213-009999-001010000-071595-SIS630-1AA0G008-W If I press F1 goes into BIOS. F2 load defualts and goes to page 2 of setup. Page 2: Main Processor :Pentium III Math Processor :Built-IN Base Mem Size : 640KB Floppy Drive A: :1.44 MB 31/2" Ext. mem Size : 247MB Floppy b none Seriall 3F8 Display Type VGA/EGA Parallel Port 378 AMIBIOS date 11/21/2001 Proc. Clock 1GHZ Exter. Cache 256KB, Enabled Power Mage. Enabled Hard Disk Cyl Head Sector Size LBA 32Bit Block PIO UDMA Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master : 58140 16 63 30006MB LBA On 16Sec 4 4 Sec. Master : DVD-ROM 4 2 PCI Devices: Onboard IDE Onboard Comm. Device, IRQ10 Onboard Multimedia Dev. IRQ11 " USB Contr., IRQ9 " USB Control. IRQ9 " Ethernet, IRQ10 " PCI Bridge " CardBus Bridge Bridge VGA SDRAM at DIMM # :1 Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file...RUN HDPREPEZ... Do you want to (B)oot or (P)ower down? __ *** Not sure if any of this helps or not********** "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... What is the make/model of the machine? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "L." wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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? |
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