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Here's the scenario. I installed Windows XP - no partitions. Decided we needed a
partition or two. Could NOT re-partition the drive. Decided to format the drive. BIG
mistake number one. BIGGER mistake number 2 - used EZ-Drive (Western Digital)
on an IBM drive. Lost the drive. Not only could I not access the drive, I could no
longer get past the BIOS system info screen. In fact, I could not get the computer to
boot from the drive (obviously), the CD, or a floppy! No matter what I did, it would
not boot. Took the drive to another computer. It would not recognize the drive.
Actually - let me qualify the last statement. It would recognize the drive in the BIOS
info (on either computer) but that was it.
My suspicion is that I really euchered the boot sector. I then downloaded a copy of
disk manager from IBM but of course can't get it to work on the drive since I can't
even get to the floppy to start the program.
My thought is that Windows XP has put something into CMOS. I thought about
clearing the CMOS so that I could at least get to a floppy. Does that make sense?
Desparate in Canada
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Paul Ecclestone
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