slave hdd/new

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  1. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    fdisk is part of dos & has nothing to do with the cmos. do you or can you get a win98 or winme bootdisk & do you have a floppy drive?
     
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    i have a win 98 SE version and yes i can get a floppy drive in here, i just dont use it
     
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    change the boot sequence to floppy, cdrom than hd. boot off the win98 boot disk & select no rom support. at the a:prompt, type fdisk & say yes to large drive. select 1 to create partition & yes to whole drive. at present don't worry if doesn't show proper size as problem is with win98. reboot & go thru same proceedure as before about no rom support. at a:prompt type format c: enter & say yes to format. don't worry about size till finished format as it should show proper size than. i did that on my 160gig wd hd but partitioned it as a 40 for windows & 120 for data.
     
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    ok i did the boot sequence first, floppy 1st, cd/dvd 2nd, hdd 3rd, insterted win 98, restarted, and got the same message error "reboot and select proper boot device..." after that i took out the hard drive totally so there would be no hard drives in teh computer and i got the same screen as before with the reboot and select proper boot device... now im not sure if its because its not formated or what, cuz under bios it told me that it had a 160gb hd. Edit: i also get the same message with my other 2 hard drives
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    when it said 160gig hd, that was after you disconnected the wd?
     
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    no that was while the hard drive was still connected to the mother board
     
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    recheck your bios settings as the proceedure i posted before is what i did to mine.
     
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    1st) [1st floppy drive] 2nd) [cd/dvd] 3rd) [hdd:pm-wdc wed160j], thats how it is, do i need a floopy disk inside the floppy drive
     
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    yes on the floppy as in a win98 bootdisk floppy
     
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    i think the floppy is blank, and the win 98 se has the software needed to install windows. im not sure if i need anything to be on the floppy drive or could i install the nesessary files needed on the floppy?
     
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    the floppy has to be bootable as does your xp cd. when booting off the xp cd, does it say press any button to boot off the cd? check this link for win98 bootdisk. i'm calling it the night as been up since 5:45am. we'll continue tomorrow if not get it working. http://www.bootdisk.com/
     
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    kk i'll see what i can do, im on my laptop right now and the laptop doesnt have a floppy drive so i'll see how i can manage to get those bootable diskets on the floppy
     
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    see if you know anybody that are using win98 or winme.
     
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    yea i guess thats my only option left. im going to ask my college if they can let me borrow or if they have any ideas, because i asked the help desk here and they said to put the cd rom as a slave and hdd as a master, but that didnt work either
     
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