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Ed
It's not looking good at all.. assuming that you haven't converted the drive
to 'dynamic' at any point in time, your best bet is to download a diagnostic
diskette from the hard drive manufacturer website..
Run it in modes that are NON-DESTRUCTIVE.. info in the program will tell
what is and what isn't.. I have a feeling that the drive will fail..
Conclusion: You will have to buy a new drive whatever the outcome..
intransigent hard drives generally keep that disposition.. as long as you
don't mess with it too much, you may be able to use a program like PC
Inspector (free download) that MIGHT recover some files from it.. just don't
hold your breath..
Maybe you could report back on your progress.. Good luck..
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C2CD8BBE-C50D-41E7-BAB8-93ECB33E00CE@microsoft.com...
> Mike, I got a win 98 boot diskette and started the fdisk process, I
> selected
> Yes to the Do you wish to enable large disk support and Press Enter and I
> got
> a message that says ERROR Reading fixed disk
>
> does this mean my hard disk is bad ?
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Ed
>>
>> Get a Win 98/SE boot diskette and use the FDISK and FORMAT functions.. if
>> all goes well, try booting from the CD again..
>>
>> This link will tell you how to use FDISK and FORMAT..
>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q255867&ID=kb;en-us;Q255867
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>>
>>
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:95E1D3F3-674F-4795-93AD-41A53205ADF4@microsoft.com...
>> > Mike, I did that and it still gave me the same message.
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ed
>> >>
>> >> Go into BIOS and set the boot order such that the CD drive is first in
>> >> line.. then boot from the XP CD..
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Hall
>> >> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>> >>
>> >>
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news
9666F14-DA61-47C3-AE87-CAC4D27A79C2@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi I still need assistance on installing windows xp. I recently
>> >> > reformated
>> >> > my
>> >> > hard drive due to problems I was having. When I go to install
>> >> > windows
>> >> > xp,
>> >> > im
>> >> > getting this error message :
>> >> > Setup is starting windows
>> >> > Examining disk config
>> >> > Examining 39080
>> >> >
>> >> > The following shows the existing portions & unportions space
>> >> >
>> >> > A problem has been detected
>> >> >
>> >> > Tech Information:
>> >> > ***Stop 0x0000008E
>> >> > (0x0000005,0xF84CCED5,0XF80D87D0,0X00000000)
>> >> >
>> >> > *** Setupdd.sys Address F84CCED5 base at F84A2000, Datestamp
>> >> > 3B7D8507
>> >> >
>> >> > What I have done:
>> >> > Went into Bios and turn off anti virus and reset all to default
>> >> > Remove One Memory chip at a time and try to do the install
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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