Hi Julie,

Have you run Scandisk yet? You can run it in Safe Mode or from a DOS Prompt.
That would be my first step.

I would suggest that you then go to the drive manufacturer's site and download
their diagnostic software, they all have these available and that will tell you
the real condition of the drive.

If neither of the above reveals a problem, I would then reinstall Windows. I
feel that is where you will really find the problem.

Best wishes,

Rick
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Julie wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to test a 2GB hard drive to see if the problem I'm having is with
> it, or not.  I would like to add it into my current machine (Celeron 333
> with Win 98 and Epox mobo).  What I want to find out is - will this hard
> drive boot all the way into the Windows (95) desktop as it has in the past,
> but no longer will (wallpaper comes up, but explorer won't load).  If it
> doesn't, then there is a problem with this drive, and presumably not the
> rest of the machine from which it originates.
>
> What procedure do I  use to boot from this HD?  Also, would it be
> simpler  for diagnostic purposes to switch out the drives, or just add the
> second as an additional (master?) drive to this computer?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie Shanks
>
>

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