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Start up problem
I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE
Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last
week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last
week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't
get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't
get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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I *am* trying to help you. Your post here left out almost all pertinent info, such
as the fact that your boot drive is SCSI. Also, your thread "Primary IDE Controller error" in win98.gen_discussion has no reply from you to Bill Blanton after 3 August, and no reply to his last post. You stated in your *last* post to that thread: quote"My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive"/quote How do you know the BIOS "sees" the 80GB drive if the machine won't start up with the drive plugged in? If you can get to the boot screens recognising the drive while it is connected, then you should be able to follow Bill's instructions to run partinfo *From a Floppy Boot*. Can you get at least as far as the boot screens and BIOS setup with the drive connected? Can you boot with a boot floppy while the drive is connected? Do you have access to another computer where you can install the drive as a slave and try to run partinfo *from a boot floppy*? I doubt you will find anyone in the groups with more knowledge than Bill of hard drives and boot issues, so I suggest you avail yourself of his expertise. Whether you choose to is up to you. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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I *am* trying to help you. Your post here left out almost all pertinent info, such
as the fact that your boot drive is SCSI. Also, your thread "Primary IDE Controller error" in win98.gen_discussion has no reply from you to Bill Blanton after 3 August, and no reply to his last post. You stated in your *last* post to that thread: quote"My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive"/quote How do you know the BIOS "sees" the 80GB drive if the machine won't start up with the drive plugged in? If you can get to the boot screens recognising the drive while it is connected, then you should be able to follow Bill's instructions to run partinfo *From a Floppy Boot*. Can you get at least as far as the boot screens and BIOS setup with the drive connected? Can you boot with a boot floppy while the drive is connected? Do you have access to another computer where you can install the drive as a slave and try to run partinfo *from a boot floppy*? I doubt you will find anyone in the groups with more knowledge than Bill of hard drives and boot issues, so I suggest you avail yourself of his expertise. Whether you choose to is up to you. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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I've replied TWICE to Bills last post with partinfo and stated that I can
only get the machine to boot into safemode with the drive plugged in. And when running partinfo in safemode with the drive plugged in freezes my machine right after launching the program. I can get into the BIOS at the startup screen by hitting del, detect IDE Devices, and it reads the 80GB drive. Is this not the way to see what the BIOS sees? I have been considering hooking it up to another machine. I didn't get back to Bill for those few days because I had to go out of town. I guess I forgot to have you sign my permission slip. Truth is is that I didn't think you'd let me go to the zoo with all the other kids so I forged your signature. Sorry about that. Your the best internet dad in the whole wide world!! Any other ideas for a freezing machine? "glee" wrote: I *am* trying to help you. Your post here left out almost all pertinent info, such as the fact that your boot drive is SCSI. Also, your thread "Primary IDE Controller error" in win98.gen_discussion has no reply from you to Bill Blanton after 3 August, and no reply to his last post. You stated in your *last* post to that thread: quote"My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive"/quote How do you know the BIOS "sees" the 80GB drive if the machine won't start up with the drive plugged in? If you can get to the boot screens recognising the drive while it is connected, then you should be able to follow Bill's instructions to run partinfo *From a Floppy Boot*. Can you get at least as far as the boot screens and BIOS setup with the drive connected? Can you boot with a boot floppy while the drive is connected? Do you have access to another computer where you can install the drive as a slave and try to run partinfo *from a boot floppy*? I doubt you will find anyone in the groups with more knowledge than Bill of hard drives and boot issues, so I suggest you avail yourself of his expertise. Whether you choose to is up to you. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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I've replied TWICE to Bills last post with partinfo and stated that I can
only get the machine to boot into safemode with the drive plugged in. And when running partinfo in safemode with the drive plugged in freezes my machine right after launching the program. I can get into the BIOS at the startup screen by hitting del, detect IDE Devices, and it reads the 80GB drive. Is this not the way to see what the BIOS sees? I have been considering hooking it up to another machine. I didn't get back to Bill for those few days because I had to go out of town. I guess I forgot to have you sign my permission slip. Truth is is that I didn't think you'd let me go to the zoo with all the other kids so I forged your signature. Sorry about that. Your the best internet dad in the whole wide world!! Any other ideas for a freezing machine? "glee" wrote: I *am* trying to help you. Your post here left out almost all pertinent info, such as the fact that your boot drive is SCSI. Also, your thread "Primary IDE Controller error" in win98.gen_discussion has no reply from you to Bill Blanton after 3 August, and no reply to his last post. You stated in your *last* post to that thread: quote"My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive"/quote How do you know the BIOS "sees" the 80GB drive if the machine won't start up with the drive plugged in? If you can get to the boot screens recognising the drive while it is connected, then you should be able to follow Bill's instructions to run partinfo *From a Floppy Boot*. Can you get at least as far as the boot screens and BIOS setup with the drive connected? Can you boot with a boot floppy while the drive is connected? Do you have access to another computer where you can install the drive as a slave and try to run partinfo *from a boot floppy*? I doubt you will find anyone in the groups with more knowledge than Bill of hard drives and boot issues, so I suggest you avail yourself of his expertise. Whether you choose to is up to you. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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OK, I have looked through your original thread in win98.gen_discussion on three
different servers, and they all show your last reply to Bill was on August 3, there were only two posts and replies between you and Bill, and you did not state any of the info in those two replies that you claim to have posted to him. Did you perhaps email him instead of posting? BE THAT AS IT MAY, you state you can boot into Safe Mode with the problem drive plugged in. If you can start in Safe Mode with the drive plugged in, you surely can boot with a boot floppy while the drive is plugged in. If you also copy the executable file "partinfo.exe" to the boot floppy, you can run it from the command prompt while booted from the floppy. Boot with the floppy, type the following and press Enter: partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Take the floppy to another machine, open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad, copy and paste the results to me or to Bill. ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... I've replied TWICE to Bills last post with partinfo and stated that I can only get the machine to boot into safemode with the drive plugged in. And when running partinfo in safemode with the drive plugged in freezes my machine right after launching the program. I can get into the BIOS at the startup screen by hitting del, detect IDE Devices, and it reads the 80GB drive. Is this not the way to see what the BIOS sees? I have been considering hooking it up to another machine. I didn't get back to Bill for those few days because I had to go out of town. I guess I forgot to have you sign my permission slip. Truth is is that I didn't think you'd let me go to the zoo with all the other kids so I forged your signature. Sorry about that. Your the best internet dad in the whole wide world!! Any other ideas for a freezing machine? "glee" wrote: I *am* trying to help you. Your post here left out almost all pertinent info, such as the fact that your boot drive is SCSI. Also, your thread "Primary IDE Controller error" in win98.gen_discussion has no reply from you to Bill Blanton after 3 August, and no reply to his last post. You stated in your *last* post to that thread: quote"My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive"/quote How do you know the BIOS "sees" the 80GB drive if the machine won't start up with the drive plugged in? If you can get to the boot screens recognising the drive while it is connected, then you should be able to follow Bill's instructions to run partinfo *From a Floppy Boot*. Can you get at least as far as the boot screens and BIOS setup with the drive connected? Can you boot with a boot floppy while the drive is connected? Do you have access to another computer where you can install the drive as a slave and try to run partinfo *from a boot floppy*? I doubt you will find anyone in the groups with more knowledge than Bill of hard drives and boot issues, so I suggest you avail yourself of his expertise. Whether you choose to is up to you. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... It's kinda hard to post the partinfo for the drive in question when I can't get the machine to start up with the damn drive plugged in. Now, I'm open to you helping me so either help or don't reply. I've posted replys back to Bill yesterday but there's no response and I'm tired of waiting and wasting an entire day for a response that doesn't come. So I'm not going to put all my eggs in his basket. You seem to know what has been going on since you're my internet dad so why is it you don't have anything usefull to add in fixing my IDE problems????? "glee" wrote: You still have not replied to MVP Bill Blanton's request in your thread from last week on the same subject (in win98.gen_discussion) to post a log from partinfo.exe Bill's reply from your other thread: quote Does it just "see" the drive as in, it shows it, or does it show it as having an 80GB capacity? Either way, running the WD setup program when you installed the drive may have installed the overlay. They have been known to sometimes do that, even when not needed. If there was data on the drive, and the overlay boot code was wiped, it may be a simple case of reinstalling the overlay. If you're not worried about the data, and your BIOS can handle an 80GB drive, then wiping the MBR sector may be sufficient to start over clean without needing an overlay. To help find out what is on the disk, before proceeding with anything else that may make matters worse, you could post a partinfo output. Download partinfo.exe Unzip it to a 98 DOS boot floppy. Boot with the floppy, and enter partinfo a:\partinfo.txt (note the spaces and ) Open a:\partinfo.txt in notepad ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...s/partinfo.zip /quote As I have asked previously, please stick with your original thread instead of starting new ones with no pertinent info. This is at least your third thread on the subject, and you still have not given Bill the partinfo results. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mathers" wrote in message ... My BIOS sees the 80Gb drive. And yes, I used WD setup when installing the drive. "Bill Blanton" wrote: If you ran "a:\fdisk /mbr", and there was a drive overlay/manager installed to allow full access to the 80GB disk , then that would explain why you can no longer see any drives on the 80GB disk. Does your BIOS "see" 80GB, or do remember how you set up the drive? Did you use the WD "setup" program? "Mathers" wrote in message ... Hey, I found the website that began all these problems when my cd drives weren't working. Through the command line I ran: a:\fdisk\mbr Drive Interface Connection Capicity Drive 1 SCSI on SCSC controller 18 Gb Drive 2 IDE Primary Master CD Disk Drive 3 IDE Primary Slave CD Disk Drive 4 IDE Secondary Master 80 Bb Drive 5 IDE Secondary Slave Zip Disk "Mathers" wrote in message ... I can only restart my computer normally when unplugging both of my IDE Controllers from the mother board. I can start up in safemode. How do I fix this so I can reboot normally with both controllers plugged in? |
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