I had a new hard drive lying around and decided to install it. It appears
that that has solved the problem and Windows now boots up in a normal
fashion. However, in the Device Manager under Other devices, all of the six
entries are in yellow and are in need of drivers. Here is where I could use
some much needed advice. When I run the original cd labeled Device drivers,
I get a long list of drivers and I am confused as to the exact ones I need
to install. Also, do any of these drivers control internet access?



Don


On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Thomas Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
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> wrote:
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>> Don
>>
>> Apparently the communication to/from the hard drive is not functioning
>> well. Assuming you reseated the IDE cable at the motherboard and at the
>> drive, there are a few other possible causes. The cable has gone bad, the
>> on
>> board IDE has gone bad, or the hard drive has gone bad. Only wanting to
>> make
>> one trip to a local retailer, I would buy a new cable and an IDE
>> controller
>> PCI card (both are relatively cheap). If these do not help, you likely
>> have
>> a problem with the hard drive.
>>
>> I just noticed that you were able to run a CD on the computer. If the hard
>> drive and CD drive are on the same IDE cable, the possible causes are
>> limited to the cable connection at the hard drive or the hard drive itself
>> (hardware or software problem).
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Tom
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