At 09:26 AM 11/04/1999 , you wrote:
>I didn't get any response the first time that I sent
>this. I'm resending it in the hopes that some one can
>help me. Oh, since the last time, I tried
>Defragmenting the Harddrive...since then I can't print
>(HP Deskjet 660cse), or use Word. HELP!!!!!!!
>
>Thanks!
This is not too difficult, if you can move all the non-replaceable
software, original documents and other things you do not have
install programs to use to reload to the new hard drive.
Once you have moved it all over, leaving as much of the 'D'
drive empty as possible, (it would be best to leave at least
1gig of it free), then just re-configure your 'C' drive to the
Slave position by changing the jumpers on the drive and then
configure the newer 10gig drive as the Master.
This procedure is explained in "edition #10" of the Troubleshooting
Basics on our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/ts010.html
Now... before you go any further, you will need to remove the
partition on the old 1.2gig drive using FDISK and then creating
a new partition to remove the drive compression. The procedure
to remove and add a new partition is explain in our Guide to
Partitioning a hard drive: http://nospin.com/pc/faqs0004.html
Now, with a fresh partition on the system, the 1.2gig drive will
be seen as the 'D' drive. You will need to format this drive,
this is explained in our Guide to Formatting Hard Drives:
http://nospin.com/pc/faqs0005.html
Now... you are ready to load Windows on your 'C' drive, a partition
on your new 10gig hard drive. That procedure is explained in our
Guide to Installing Windows95: http://nospin.com/pc/pcb_win95.html
If you do not understand the reason your drive letters will change
to 'C' on the 10gig drive and 'D' on the 1.2gig drive, with the balance
on the 10gig drive, that is explained in the Troubleshooting Basics,
edition #10: http://nospin.com/pc/ts010.html
I know this is a great deal of reading... but, take heart... it took
a lot longer to write... *smile*
I hope this helps....
Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > In 1995, I bought a Compaq Presario 7180, which then
> > had 8MB RAM and a 1.2 gig hard drive with windows 95
> > installed. In 1997, we compressed the hard drive
> > for
> > more disk space. It left our C: drive with 500 mb
> > of
> > space and a new H: drive with around 2.3 gigs. We
> > also upgraded the RAM to 40MB.
> >
> > Last year we bought a 10.1 gig hard drive. We moved
> > as much as we could from the C: and H: drives unto
> > the
> > four newer drives, D:, E:, F:, and G:. Now, we have
> > very little free space on the C: drive, about 50
> > megs.
> > When I tried to decompress the C: drive, I received
> > an error, 'Cannot decompress drive due to errors.
> > run
> > scandisk.' When I run scandisk, no errors are
> > found.
> > Then I tried to decompress again and the same error
> > comes up. I've tried several times to decompress
> > but
> > it doesn't work. How do we get it to Decompress???
> >
> > I ran my PC Handyman software to figure out the
> > problem and got a "Serious Harddrive configuration
> > error" message too. I suspect that the guys at Best
> > Buy who installed the 10.1 gig made a boo boo, but
> > since I couldn't find the sales receipt they
> > wouldn't
> > help me!! Can anyone give a solution to this
> > problem?
> > I was once told that upgrading to Win98 would solve
> > the problem...does this sound right? Help!
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Renee King
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