I/O disk error

I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro. I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8. Is
there any help out there?

What is the exact error message and exactly when does it occur? It may
indicate that the hard disk drive is faulty.

The utility you downloaded from www.bootdisk.com needs to be executed with a
blank floppy disk in the drive in order to create a boot disk. When you
boot with this disk the F8 key is not effective and you will not get a boot
menu or a C: prompt - instead you will get a A\ prompt.

If you have created the disk properly and you can't get to the A:\ prompt
then you may need to adjust your BIOS settings so that the floppy drive is
listed first in the boot sequence.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?

the error message is I/O disk error. The f8 button does not bring up prompt
without the floppy in the drive either. I did change the bios to search
floppy first. I am not sure if I did the bootdisk properly, I saved it to the
floppy and I tried it, is there something else I am supposed to do? What I
did was I replaced a 1 gb hard drive for an 8 gb hard drive that has w98 on
it already and this is the error I am getting

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

What is the exact error message and exactly when does it occur? It may
indicate that the hard disk drive is faulty.

The utility you downloaded from www.bootdisk.com needs to be executed with a
blank floppy disk in the drive in order to create a boot disk. When you
boot with this disk the F8 key is not effective and you will not get a boot
menu or a C: prompt - instead you will get a A\ prompt.

If you have created the disk properly and you can't get to the A:\ prompt
then you may need to adjust your BIOS settings so that the floppy drive is
listed first in the boot sequence.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?

Have you setup the motherboard BIOS with the right drive type for the
hardisk that you swapped in.
Have you configured the BIOS to boot from the drive
Have you configured the BIOS generally for the new hardware swapped in
Have you considered that the motherboard drivers installed on the hard drive
may not be compatible with the new motherboard
Sorry no answer, just more questions

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"stacey" wrote in message
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I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?

"stacey" wrote in message
...

I am not sure if I did the bootdisk properly, I saved it to the
floppy and I tried it, is there something else I am supposed to do?

What you download from www.bootdisk.com is
a single EXEcutable file. You have to execute
it (with a blank floppy in A to write the necessary
boot files to A:

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

The only thing I did in the bios was set it to default settings. Is there
some place I can go to see about adjusting the settings?Now about the floppy,
it asks me to put in a blank floppy to write too when I do it says can't read
image.

"AlmostBob" wrote:

Have you setup the motherboard BIOS with the right drive type for the
hardisk that you swapped in.
Have you configured the BIOS to boot from the drive
Have you configured the BIOS generally for the new hardware swapped in
Have you considered that the motherboard drivers installed on the hard drive
may not be compatible with the new motherboard
Sorry no answer, just more questions

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"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?

Default settings wont usually work,

Try the motherboard makers web site, they may have information, and the hard
drive makers web site may tell you the drive type to enter into the BIOS
setup,
During Boot there is usually a text prompt that says press {KEY} to enter
setup,
where {KEY} is some combination of keys specific to the motherboard.
Various motherboards use Del, CTRL-F1, CTRL-ALT-Esc, F1, Esc,
you have to read the screen during boot so turn the monitor on First so that
you can read the screens

Then you have to navigate thruough the setup screens, which are also all
different, to find the drive setup page, which may or may not have an
autodetect for hard drives, and set the hard drive type to match the hard
drive you put in. Cant give any more specific advice than that because every
mobo maker uses different 'standards'.

You will definitely have to find and install drivers for the new
motherboard, once you get it 'running', well walking anyway it wont get up
to speed till you get all the right drivers. Windows plug n play wasnt meant
for new motherboards

Good luck
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"stacey" wrote in message
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The only thing I did in the bios was set it to default settings. Is there
some place I can go to see about adjusting the settings?Now about the
floppy,
it asks me to put in a blank floppy to write too when I do it says can't
read
image.

"AlmostBob" wrote:

Have you setup the motherboard BIOS with the right drive type for the
hardisk that you swapped in.
Have you configured the BIOS to boot from the drive
Have you configured the BIOS generally for the new hardware swapped in
Have you considered that the motherboard drivers installed on the hard
drive
may not be compatible with the new motherboard
Sorry no answer, just more questions

--
"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the
erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing
f8.
Is
there any help out there?

You can't assume that a disk prepared on another system will work with this
system - sometimes it will, sometimes it won't. Is the disk correctly
recognised in BIOS setup?

If you can start over then you may be able to eliminate the error simply by
re-creating the partitions, reformatting, and re-installing.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"stacey" wrote in message
...
the error message is I/O disk error. The f8 button does not bring up
prompt
without the floppy in the drive either. I did change the bios to search
floppy first. I am not sure if I did the bootdisk properly, I saved it to
the
floppy and I tried it, is there something else I am supposed to do? What I
did was I replaced a 1 gb hard drive for an 8 gb hard drive that has w98
on
it already and this is the error I am getting

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

What is the exact error message and exactly when does it occur? It may
indicate that the hard disk drive is faulty.

The utility you downloaded from www.bootdisk.com needs to be executed
with a
blank floppy disk in the drive in order to create a boot disk. When you
boot with this disk the F8 key is not effective and you will not get a
boot
menu or a C: prompt - instead you will get a A\ prompt.

If you have created the disk properly and you can't get to the A:\
prompt
then you may need to adjust your BIOS settings so that the floppy drive
is
listed first in the boot sequence.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the
erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing
f8.
Is
there any help out there?

If the boot disk file you downloaded is on the floppy, copy it to the =
hard
drive and double-click it there. If you are already running it from the =
hard
drive, try downloading a fresh copy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

"stacey" wrote in message =
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The only thing I did in the bios was set it to default settings. Is =
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some place I can go to see about adjusting the settings?Now about the =
floppy,=20
it asks me to put in a blank floppy to write too when I do it says =
can't read=20
image.
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"AlmostBob" wrote:
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Have you setup the motherboard BIOS with the right drive type for =
the
hardisk that you swapped in.
Have you configured the BIOS to boot from the drive
Have you configured the BIOS generally for the new hardware swapped =
in
Have you considered that the motherboard drivers installed on the =
hard drive
may not be compatible with the new motherboard
Sorry no answer, just more questions
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=
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http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages =
before use
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Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives =
and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get =
the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it =
says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by =
pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?
=20
=20

"stacey" wrote in message
...
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and
video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro.
I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to
remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by pressing f8.
Is
there any help out there?

The most obvious answer is the broken motherboard's bios routine interpreted
the hard disk in one form of CHS and landing zone values, and the
replacement motherboard interpreted the hard disk in another form of CHS and
landing zone values. Thus, I/O error.

The way I get these values is at the original motherboard, switch from auto
to manual settings. The CHS and landing zone values originally interpreted
will now be visible in the bios setup. Since you have a trashed
motherboard, I don't see how to do this properly. What the hard disk
manufacturer's website says for CHS and landing zone for this hard disk may
be slightly different, and may not work if input manually. But, its worth a
try.

This problem is not specific to the Windows 98 operating system.