Harddrive Failure with Windows 98

[IH8TECHLEO]

I recently installed Windows 98 on My computer. It is a personal computer built from parts: 32Mb RAM/233Mhz/2gig harddrive/ 12xCdRom. I just upgraded form windows95 to windows 98 and now my harddrive doesn't work anymore. It makes a rumbeling noise and the computer screen is all black and shows no sign of life, except for the cdrom LED in solid color(it is on, like if its busy, nonstop) and the harddrive just grunts. I dont really know what is happening can anyone help me.

 

[osuman]

Make sure you have your bios set to enable other boot devices. If the boot record isn't found on the HD then it should search the locations (floppy and/or cd-rom). You need to get it to where you can boot from a floppy before you can assess what's wrong the HD.

 

[paparazi]

Hit the delete button on boot(usually delete but it will tell you which button to press to enter set up)
set to boot from floppy first, then HD0
reboot with 98 boot floppy
fdisk and reformat and try reinstalling windows from scratch. Martin

 

[edfair]

Probably best to troubleshoot without the hard drive. Disconnect it and boot from a floppy. That should eliminate over 80% of the possible problems. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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