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Did you check the last item in the Coimpaq FAQ?
HH
"crazycoyote" <crazycoyote.1ms1vo@news.computerbanter.com> wrote in message
news:crazycoyote.1ms1vo@news.computerbanter.com...
>
> Man, I am having the exact same problem. I started with the original
> HDD, Fireball 15gb, with a different OS (2003 server), and it's doing
> the stupid "no boot sector" thing. The error: NTLDR: Cannot read from
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition. I thought I might have a corrupt HDD,
> so I replaced the original HDD with a Maxtor 80gb, and am having the
> same problem again, so I know it's not a corrupt disk. If I'm not
> mistaken, this file is the boot sector for the drive that the cmos
> accesses on system powerup. I know that the files are on the drive,
> but is the system looking in the wrong place? Did you ever solve the
> problem? I'd love to get this computer working, it'd be a lot better
> for work than my 233mHz k6.... The only thing better about the K6 is
> that -IT- actually works.
>
> Please reply either by e-mail or through this board to let me know if
> you ever found a solution.
>
> =-_+_-=
>
> Matthew S Gillette Wrote:
>> Ahh, if it were only that simple. Of course, we started with a virgin
>> drive, this would only bring us back where we've been several times.
>> We've
>> actually tried several methods for partitioning and formatting. We even
>> used
>> a boot floppy even though we wanted to avoid a FAT32 file system.
>> Formatting
>> has never been the problem. As I said, it takes the initial boot to CD
>> and
>> copies files, but on the first reboot it refuses to continue the load.
>> We
>> had followed normal SOP for installing a new drive and not being
>> Compaq
>> people, we were looking for the Compaq "magic bullet" when SOP failed.
>> Apparently there isn't one. If what I gather from the responses to this
>> post
>> are correct, there must be a hardware problem somewhere, though I
>> haven't
>> given up entirely on Compaq's proprietory ways for being at least
>> partially
>> to blame.
>> As for being a lil slow for XP, I would disagree. Though the minimum
>> requirements of 233MHz and 64 MB RAM would prove to be just that,
>> minimum,
>> and minimum recommended of 300MHz and 128 MB RAM little more, 667 MHz
>> w/ 256
>> MB RAM is more then sufficient for the OS Windows XP. Now, what kind
>> of
>> software they can run on this system once XP is loaded may be governed
>> by
>> the Celeron's performance limits, but for the most part there shouldn't
>> be a
>> problem. Either way, XP's stability makes it well worth any performance
>> hit
>> it may impose. Thanks for the input though, all things to consider.
>>
>> "doS" kobo65@hotterthanmail.com wrote in message
>> news:0rswd.13621$a5.3438@fe06.lga...-
>> delete the c parttion with the boot disk, then install xp....that
>> machine
>> is
>> a lil slow for xp anyway...
>>
>> "Matthew S Gillette" mgillette@echoes.net wrote in message
>> news:cps5ug0joj@enews4.newsguy.com...-
>> Yes, the HDD is jumpered for CS. Actually tried it both ways (Master
>> as
>> well).
>> WINXP cd boots, copies files, reboots, and comes right back to step #1
>> of
>> the install... copying files. Though it does see that I already have
>> a
>> Windows directory and makes me delete it before it copies files for
>> installation *again* and reboots again, and so on and so forth in an-
>> endless-
>> loop. Is it possible the MOBO was actually the original problem and
>> not-
>> the-
>> HDD? I have reduced the memory from the original 2 sticks of 256Mb ea.
>> to-
>> 1-
>> stick and have tried using either so memory should be eliminated as
>> any
>> problem. Thoughts?
>> "HH" hahunt42@hotmail.com wrote in message
>> news:bvfwd.100$iy.28@fe25.usenetserver.com...-
>> No, that model does not store BIOS info on a HD partition. It is in
>> ROM.
>> If the original IDE cable is being used is the HD properly jumpered
>> for
>> Cable Select?
>> HH
>>
>> "Matthew S Gillette" mgillette@echoes.net wrote in message
>> news:cppk0l02oia@enews1.newsguy.com...
>> After tossing the old hard drive, I can't get this new Maxtor to
>> take
>> WINXP. I just want to load XP and start from scratch. Everything
>> loads
>> fine for copying, but on the first reboot before installing
>> Windows,--
>> this--
>> Compaq can't seem to boot through. Is it missing bios info on a
>> non-dos
>> partition or something? I've only tried to boot to CD and am using--
>> WINXP--
>> partitioning/formatting. I can't find any Compaq bootable disk files
>> which will setup this HDD for an OS. Am I missing something
>> glaringly
>> obvious.
>> Thank you in advance for any help.
>>
>> 5BW130 5000 Series
>> Compaq PC
>> Celeron
>> 667/66 MHz
>> 256 MB
>> sys rom date: 11.17.00
>> sysrom family: 686c3
>> chassis serial #:xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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> crazycoyote
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