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I want to report to you all that my problem has been taken care of and the
computer is now operating as it was before the problem started. I ran the
quick test from the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostics and it passed the test. I
went into the BIOS and placed the drives into the following order: #1-Hard
drive, #2-Floppy disk drive, #3-DVD CD-Rom. I made the IBA boot up last and I
will not disable it unless it causes me problems in the future. I certainly
do appreciate all of you that hung in there with me and giving me your
suggestions. I could not have done it without you good folks. So again, thank
you all very, very much.
--
Wayne
"Ron Sommer" wrote:
> Wayne,
> Change the hard drive to the first boot device.
> If you ever want to boot from the CDRom or floppy drive, you will have it
> listed before the hard drive in the boot order.
>
> The Intel Boot Agent will not attempt to boot as long as a bootable device
> is listed before it in the boot order. (A bootable CD in the CDRom drive, a
> bootable floppy in the floppy drive, or a bootable hard drive.)
> If you looked at the Intel link in my previous post, The Intel Boot Agent
> has to be uninstalled.
>
>
> David,
> D is the CDRom.
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:%23XpgWNseFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If you adjust your monitor to make the picture smaller you'll see that
> message at the bottom of the screen.
>
> It can't find your CDRom drive to boot from, so it tries the floppy, but
> there's no disk in the floppy, so it skips and tries to boot from a network
> server (which won't work because you haven't pressed F12 AND there probably
> isn't a network server), but it should time out on the network server and
> then look for D (what happened to C ?). So make the hard drive #1.
>
> --
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>
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> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EDD12928-D489-444F-8D71-2B5723297AC0@microsoft.com...
> > David, the 2nd boot drive is [1st floppy drive] which would have to be
> > drive A.
> > The 3rd boot drive is [IBA FE SLOT 0140 v4110]
> > The 4th boot drive is [3M-WDC WD800BB-53DKA01 which is my hard drive. I am
> > not familiar with the 3rd one at all. David! while typing this something
> > light up in my brain. Look at the 3rd boot drive carefully then look at
> > what
> > I wrote earlier about the information on the boot up screen after the
> > Gateway
> > splash screen which is
> > Intel (R) Boot Agent Fe v4.1.10. It sure does look like it is booting from
> > the 3rd boot drive which is the Intel Boot Agent listed above. Is this
> > normal? If so how did it get changed as I have never been in this BIOS
> > before
> > on this computer until today. When I checked it today the 1st boot device
> > was
> > high lighted and I thought it was the one that it was booting from. Then
> > again, remember what I said when this trouble first started, I could not
> > even
> > get into windows without using the MS Windows XP boot up disk. Maybe it
> > changed itself, is that possible? Is it supposed to boot off the hard
> > drive
> > or the floppy first? I am under the impression that it is normally
> > supposed
> > to boot off the hard drive. If it is supposed to boot from the hard drive
> > and
> > it changed on it own to the [IBA] maybe it would not start again if I
> > changed
> > it back to where it normally would be located. I will wait until I hear
> > back
> > from you before I do any more. Thanks for your time and have a good
> > evening.
> >
> > --
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > "David Candy" wrote:
> >
> >> It should say Press ..., adjust your monitor. What is the second, third,
> >> etc boot device.
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
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> >> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FDEB3B46-31A4-4BD7-9F81-D7C4C7FB5DA9@microsoft.com...
> >> > Dave, Rock and Rich, I will answer your answers all at the same time:
> >> > Dave, I
> >> > checked and it does not say to press f12 to boot from network at any
> >> > place on
> >> > the screen.
> >> > Ron, I checked the bios and the bootup shows it is to boot from drive D
> >> > which is a [4M-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300] CD-rom drive. I have never been in
> >> > this
> >> > BIOS before and therefore no changes could have been made by error. I
> >> > did not
> >> > see the Intel Boot Agent listed in the boot sequence. I left it as I
> >> > found it.
> >> >
> >> > Rock, I have downloaded the "Data lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows",
> >> > version 1.02 from Western Digital but I have not run it as of yet. When
> >> > I was
> >> > in the BIOS I saw where the "Hard drive self diagnostics" was
> >> > enable...so I
> >> > thought that was good enough...you can correct me if I am wrong about
> >> > this.
> >> >
> >> > Ron, after the Gateway Splash screen comes the following information
> >> > which
> >> > does not make a lot of sense to me but it may to some one else: The
> >> > below
> >> > information was not visible before my problem started.
> >> >
> >> > Intel (R) Boot Agent Fe v4.1.10
> >> > Copyright (C) 1997-2003, Intel Corporation
> >> >
> >> > Intel (R) Boot Agent PXE Base Code [BA1210BC-GW1]
> >> > Copyright 1997-2003, Intel Corporation
> >> >
> >> > Client MAC ADD:00 0C F1 92 7E 04
> >> > GUI: 000CF192 7E04 2003 1104 130003000000
> >> > DHCP./ followed by a flashing cursor.
> >> >
> >> > After nearly a minute this changes to; PXE MOF: Exiting Intel Boot
> >> > Agent.
> >> > The computer then goes into windows normally. Like I said, the above
> >> > information does not mean very much to me as my knowledge is limited in
> >> > this
> >> > area, and many other areas as well, of course. If any of you can make
> >> > anything out of this information It would be much appreicated. As you
> >> > can
> >> > see, at least I can get into windows without any input. When it first
> >> > started acting up, making those fast clicking noises from the computer,
> >> > I
> >> > used the MS XP disk to get into windows so I could run the tools
> >> > mentioned
> >> > below. When this first started I could not get into windows unless I
> >> > used the
> >> > XP Disk. After I did the error checking, with fix errors box checked,
> >> > and a
> >> > defrag, I was able to get into windows with any input on my part.
> >> > Hopefully
> >> > this information will mean something to one of you, or hopefully all of
> >> > you.
> >> > --
> >> > Wayne
> >> >
> >> > P. S. Rich, I will check and see if there is a forum on the Gateway
> >> > Website.
> >> > Thanks for reminding me.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-008018.htm
> >> >> Check your Bios to see if Intel boot agent is listed as a boot device.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Ron Sommer
> >> >>
> >> >> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:817437C1-F4D8-4C7C-AAE3-2B65096AE7F5@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Rich, I am sorry that I cannot explain this any better. The only
> >> >> > thing I
> >> >> > see
> >> >> > after the Gateway Splash screen are the words: Intel (R)boot agent
> >> >> > FE
> >> >> > v4.1.18
> >> >> > and some other writing that does not make a lot of sense to me. This
> >> >> > stays
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > the screen for a minute or less and then it exits the Intel boot
> >> >> > agent and
> >> >> > then goes into windows. The hard drive is not making any noise at
> >> >> > all,
> >> >> > completely quiet, so I think I will quit while I am still ahead.
> >> >> > Thank you
> >> >> > both for your time
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Oh! one more thing, I used the recovery console from the windows XP
> >> >> > disk
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > at the prompt I typed fixmbr which repairs the startup partition's
> >> >> > master
> >> >> > boot code. However, it still boots into windows the same way. It is
> >> >> > booting
> >> >> > into windows now from the hard drive so I am satisfied with the way
> >> >> > it is.
> >> >> > Before it would only goe past the Gateway Splash screen and then
> >> >> > start
> >> >> > making
> >> >> > the rapid clicking noise. As soon as I ran the error checking , and
> >> >> > for it
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > fix all errors, this seemed to have taken care of this problem.
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Wayne
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Rich Barry" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Wayne, since you are talking about a
> >> >> >> Proprietary
> >> >> >> Setup ( Gateway ) it' difficult to advise you. Does Gateway have a
> >> >> >> forum that you can discuss this with? What you are probably
> >> >> >> seeing
> >> >> >> is a
> >> >> >> Verbose Dos Screen that is showing you all the
> >> >> >> drivers and devices that are loading up similar to the way
> >> >> >> Linux
> >> >> >> loads.
> >> >> >> Intel does not have boot files. Your boot.ini is
> >> >> >> provided by WinXP along with ntldr and ntdetect.com
> >> >> >> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:26070298-625C-4A19-8E66-EC552DEBCE08@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> >A few days ago I had problems getting my computer started. It
> >> >> >> >would go
> >> >> >> >just
> >> >> >> > beyond the Gateway Splash Screen and would stop. A clicking noise
> >> >> >> > could
> >> >> >> > be
> >> >> >> > heard coming from the computer near the hard drive. I called
> >> >> >> > Gateway
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > they
> >> >> >> > had me run a test on the computer but it did not indicate a hard
> >> >> >> > drive
> >> >> >> > even
> >> >> >> > though they sent me a new one. I have been using the windows XP
> >> >> >> > disk to
> >> >> >> > get
> >> >> >> > into windows instead of the boot up files from the hard drive.
> >> >> >> > Since I
> >> >> >> > used
> >> >> >> > error checking and defrag I can now get into windows without
> >> >> >> > using the
> >> >> >> > windows XP disk. However, it seems to be booting from the boot
> >> >> >> > files
> >> >> >> > from
> >> >> >> > intel, what ever that means and it is not the same way as it was
> >> >> >> > before.
> >> >> >> > It
> >> >> >> > takes a lot longer time to get it to boot. I am thinking that
> >> >> >> > something
> >> >> >> > may
> >> >> >> > have happened to my boot up files on the hard drive. If this is
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > case,
> >> >> >> > is
> >> >> >> > there any way that I can just restore the boot files from the XP
> >> >> >> > CD and
> >> >> >> > try
> >> >> >> > that to see if it works? I do not have any idea why or how the
> >> >> >> > boot
> >> >> >> > files
> >> >> >> > could have got corrupted. Any help would be appreciated.
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > Wayne
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
>
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