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  1. multarnc

    starting a machine after disk wipe

    If resetting the CMOS doesn't do it, it sounds like your RAM is bad. Try moving the RAM to different slots. Bad RAM is the only thing that can cause absolutely nothing on boot. A bad video card would do the same, but your system would still give a beep or something. If a system has bad ram...
  2. multarnc

    Two Hard drives - Scandisk fails both

    The scandisk at windows startup doesn't do very much. Run a full scan within Windows. You can disable the scan on startup, by going to Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Information When that loads, click on the Tools menu - then System Configuration Utility. There will be...
  3. multarnc

    Can't Access Slave HDD

    You simply need to reboot with a 98 boot disk. The slave drive should not be active. Only the master. So you need a 98 boot disk with fdisk on it. Boot with that. type fdisk. Press Y twice It will report both partitions incorrectly b/c it can't report anything over 64GB properly. But the...
  4. multarnc

    Maxtor 40gig - Files lost? data is there though?

    XP and Win2k both cannot partition Fat32 over 32GB. FDISK also has a 64GB limit on harddrives. It sounds like the TOC of the filesystem corrupted.
  5. multarnc

    Possible to convert new HP Pavilion to WinMe?

    Why not load Win2k? Stable, and the interface is a lot closer to Win98.
  6. multarnc

    HardDrive problem, maybe?

    Here are some suggestions. First, boot with the Win2k cd repair. At the prompt, type fixboot. Restart and see if your computer restarts. If not, try this. Find a Win98 boot disk. Boot with the disk and run Scandisk. If that is ok, then at the prompt, type fdisk /mbr This will make Win2k...
  7. multarnc

    Maxtor Hard disk not detected as "master"

    Have you tried setting both drives as cable select? Then just moved the IDE cable to set the Master and Slave.
  8. multarnc

    starting a machine after disk wipe

    Have you tried resetting the BIOS? Take out the CMOS battery, take a screwdriver and connect the + and - connections. The motherboard might also have a jumper to reset the bios. Are your harddrives spinning up when you power on the CPU? If resetting the BIOS doesn't work, sounds like it's...
  9. multarnc

    HDD Password Removal

    What OS are you running? Does it allow you to format the HD?
  10. multarnc

    installing more then 2 hard drives

    You can get a Maxtor 250GB USB2.0/Firewire harddrive for only about $30 more than the internal IDE one here, http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ProdHDUSB-MAXTOR.hmx?UID=&CID=&updepts=HD-USBFIREWIRE&DNAME=%3Cb%3EHard+Drives%2DUSB%2FFirewire%3C%2Fb%3E&back=ProdHDUSB-MAXTOR.hmx? at MWAVE.com Just something...

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