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When it's the only drive installed (jumpered as Master), it may or may not
begin to boot - if it does begin to boot, the Compaq configuration is so
foreign, it runs in PnP circles trying desperately to recognize and install
everything, but can't recognize it all, and hangs.
I didn't think to go to the drive maker's site for help. Plus, I figured if
the computer won't recognize it, nothing else I try is going to be able to
touch it, either. I contacted one of the IT gurus here at work - he said he
can take the drive home and boot it into his "normal" (i.e.: non-Compaq!) PC
and write my files to a CD for me. That's probably safer than me messing
with it!
Ed
"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
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> What happens when it is the only drive installed? Have you gone to the
> drive maker's web site and downloaded their diagnostic program? It runs
> from a floppy and tells you the health of the drive.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
> Tips:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> Knowledge Base Info:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
> "Ed" <ed_millis@NO_SPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uD0WBgrEFHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks for the help, Ron. On the hard drive issue, I've tried to boot
it
> > in
> > configured every way possible - including as the only drive (as it has
> > Win98
> > installed). As a second drive, the machine recognizes it at some level
> > (Compaq's diagnostic program correctly identifies it), but when Opened
or
> > Explored from My Computer all I see is an exact mirror image of the main
> > drive - impossible when you realize the main drive is 25 Gig and the old
> > drive is 2.3 Gig!
> >
> > I'm going to try working through Jim Eshelman's steps this weekend. If
> > anything starts smoking, I'll holler back for help.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
> > news:Oygg4vqEFHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Start over again with a clean load of W98SE from the restore disk.
Once
> > it
> >> is working right, add the second hard drive. Make sure the jumper pins
> >> on
> >> the master and slave drives are set correctly and you cannot
necessarily
> >> rely on the position captions listed on the drive. Instead, determine
> >> the
> >> make and models of the drives and go to the maker's web site(s) and get
> > the
> >> jumper pin positions from there. Make sure the drives are properly
> >> recognized in the BIOS. If you continue to have problems, try pairing
> >> the
> >> new drive with a CDRom/DVD device instead of with the other hard drive.
> >>
> >> Once the hardware issue is fixed, add one program at a time starting
with
> >> Office. Always reboot after a software install and then test to see if
> > the
> >> shutdown issue has reappeared. From what you are describing, a
software
> >> program is not shutting down properly and causes the hang. Once the
> > program
> >> is identified, get rid of it.
> >>
> >> MVP Jim Eshelman has general troubleshooting procedures for W95/98/98SE
> >> shutdown problems at
http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm and procedures
> > for
> >> W98SE in particular at
http://www.aumha.org/a/shtdwnse.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
> >> Tips:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> >> Knowledge Base Info:
> >>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
> >>
> >> "Ed" <ed_millis@NO_SPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OiLq$wpEFHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> >I was given a Compaq with the AMD K6-2 533 MHz processor. The
"restore"
> > CD
> >> > installs Win98SE. In this "original" configuration, it works fine.
> > After
> >> > loading some games and MS Office, it hangs forever on shutdown. I
also
> >> > noticed this problem when I was trying to install the hard drive from
> >> > my
> >> > old
> >> > computer as a slave; since the Compaq would never recognize the other
> >> > drive,
> >> > I thought the hanging issue was because I was doing something wrong
> > there.
> >> > But in this instance, it's not the case.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Ed
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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