Hard disk problem

[mistanapesis]

My friend has a 400mhz Pentium, which he has just bought. The problem is after partitioning and formatting the drive(Samsung 4.3gb) while trying to install windows 98se an error message comes up saying "Change the stacks setting in your config.sys file, and then try again". I took out the drive and put it in my own machine(AMD XP2800+ 512mb ram) which runs just fine and it did the same thing there too which I have never had with any hard disk before. I know microsoft has a knowlege based article on this. But can any one explain more fully? All help will be very much appreciated. Im puzzled.

If your unsure....Dont do it!

 

[wolluf]

How was drive partitioned and formatted?

When in the install process did that message appear?

Is

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q263/8/91.asp&NoWebContent=1

the KB article you're referring to?

 

[edfair]

And is the install from the CD or started from a floppy?

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[Xaqte]

See if this helps:

http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/stacks.htm

http://www.altaser.com/show.php?r=6

 

[mistanapesis]

Ok here goes...The drive was fat32...so i used win98se to partiton and format at first(deleteting all partitions first)using fdisk...all went well...rebooted formatted the drive then tried installing win98se...problem came up about 14-17% through. So not bieng defeated easily I booted from my xp disk, formatted using that and still stopped...same. I`m begining to think the hard disk is wasted.
Wolluf the KB article I was meaning is

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q145/7/99.asp&NoWebContent=1

If your unsure....Dont do it!

 

[happydownloader]

disable the boot sector virus control in the bios
boot from the win98 floppy and type" /fdisk /mbr "
You may have a boot sector virus which is stopping you or the boot virus detection in the bios

 

[wolluf]

If you can format the drive, its obviously not wasted. Happydownloader's given you a good suggestion. It might be worth completely wiping drive (with binary zeros, using something like

http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm).

You could also try Samsung's diagnostic utility -

http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm

to check drive out.