Hello good people!
First of all, I thankall of those who tried to
answer my plea! That's what makes this Listserv so great! You people!!
However, it's obvious that I left out some crucial info:
The former 6.5 gig drive has had windows 98 on it since last August, with no
problems. I have re-fdisked and re-formatted each time I tried to load Win
98, so
that "ain't it". Last night I took a shot and partitioned my HD with 3 equal
partitions.
It STILL wouldn't load. I re f-disked the partition I was using.. and still,
no luck. I even changed the memory..Do I now chalk this one up as "one of
those things" ??
Thank you in advance
Richard Tabas
Phillykid
"Richard T." wrote:
> The Machine: 333 p11, 128 meg SDRAM cd rom, cd record, internal ide zip
> 8 mb video card, current wd udma 6.5 gig ,k56 modem,16 bit Aztech Yamaha
> sound card, etc..Bios date 12-29-97 .Started life as a Micro Center
> "Power Spec"
>
> Here's the Problem:
> I'm trying to install Win 98 on a new WD 13.something gig HD. The
> installation goes fine until what I beleive to be the last
> re-boot..whereupon the cmos screen shows "completed updating files,
> continuing to load windows" and it stays right there.
> it does not go any further. I've tried reloading it , with fresh
> re-formatting several times, disconnecting all perheps. except the
> needed ones, fiddled with different bios settings, yet I've had no
> success. This is the first HD I've dealt with over 8.5 gig..it's udma,
> lba, brand new. The original 6.5 WD drive works perfectly when I put it
> back !
> Please, if anyone has an idea for me of what i'm missing, or a trick,
> I'd be grateful!
> It is also my understanding that with win 98 I can format this as one
> really big partition, with no problems and dispense with the W.D. drive
> software as well.
> Hellllllp!
> Thank you in advance
> Richard Tabas
> Phillykid
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