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  1. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    thanks so much for your help guys. but ive solved my problem it was a keyboard recognition problem. thanks anyway, lots of helpful tips
  2. Giacomo1234

    Ethernet controller

    can an ethernet controller be used for standard 56k connection?
  3. Giacomo1234

    Beware of logitech keyboards during WINXP installation!!!!

    for those of you who wish to build a computer from scratch with a logitech internet navigator keyboard. This is what may happen or at least has happened to me. Right, so you start off all happy because your computer switches on and allows you to go into Bios and everything works and is...
  4. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    extremly basic question: how do i split an .exe into more than one floppy
  5. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    thanks so much guys!! i've downloaded from bootdisk.com trivial question: how do i fit a 4MB onto floppys?
  6. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    thanks. just that i cannot understand why it hangs before it tells me there is no MBR. the last message is veryfing DMI pool data. tried changing boot order if cd first it says 'veryfing DMI pool data cd boot:_ ' and then hangs. Checked jumpers, cables and reset CMOS, tried different HD but...
  7. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    there has never been an os on my system
  8. Giacomo1234

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master?

    can i install hd with mbr on secondary master? need to perform a test on my system. I think or need to veryfy that my ide cable conector on the mb may be faulty/damaged.
  9. Giacomo1234

    unix-windows systerm

    not sure can you have a 32 bit unix os? will it operate on a pentium northwood platform?
  10. Giacomo1234

    unix-windows systerm

    i have two Western digital hard drives i would like to install windows Xp on one and Unix on the other im not sure about how to go about doing this. Can you give me any advice? thank you. Furthermore im not sure how to decide the booting sequence.
  11. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    Problem is still unsolved!!??!!??
  12. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    nevertheless it makes no dfifference what aabout the memory could that have anything to do with the problem im having?
  13. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    do you mean that if the ribbon has 80 wires then it is cable select?
  14. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    ive jumpered it as master without slave and yes its set up as the master in terms of cables how can i tell wether its 40 or 80 cable
  15. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    is there any other way i could check?
  16. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    yes i see what u mean. actually ive tried a 40GB HD by the same manufactuer again the CMOS states a cylinder 19158 while the website states 16383 (incidentally the same value as for the 60GB drive for which i had the same problem). However all the capaccities are identified correctly by the CMOS
  17. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    the size of the hd is detected ok in CMOS. what do you mean?
  18. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    ok ive downloaded winME bootdisk OEM (bootme application) from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm when i put this into the new (problematic) PC i get the folowing message: 'veryfing DMI pool data....... Non-System disk or disk error Replace and strike any key when ready' Then system hangs...
  19. Giacomo1234

    HD failure or currupt BIOS?

    there are two WinME boot disks avaailable OEM and custom no ram drive im guessing either will do so i will use the former.

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