Hi Rick,
Thanks for responding. I'll try to answer each question to narrow
this down a bit.
Rick Glazier wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harold E. Schumacher, Jr. <[log in to unmask]>
> snip,
> >as I stated earlier, this is a
> > re-formatted drive with nothing on it! I have a diskette with
> > various files on it to start up along with CD-ROM drivers to run the
> > CD. It goes through part of the setup, then the message.
>
> I would look real close at the start up disk... Is it corrupt?
How can I tell?
> proper version,
Yes.
>using a disk overlay, etc.???
No.
> What is "it" doing to get you on this drive.
Standard run of the mill start up disk with autoexec.bat and
config.sys files to get CD going. Need to see them?
>Is the BIOS right?
What do I look for? Also went to the extreme of clearing CMOS and
loading defaults.
> It seems more like an ACCESS problem or a problem with
> "something" on the drive. I've had perfectly good drives I
> could "almost" read, or that were flaky as far as access.
> If you are absolutely sure the drive is "setup" right, and,
> since you have nothing to loose, I would do a low level format
> (they call it that, we know it is not...), then write "zeros"
> to the drive beginning, or the entire drive. I have some utilities
> that do that. They "might" be "manufacturer specific", and I think
> I got them from the IBM WEB site. One is called ZAP, the other
> WIPE.
I'm just a rookie...don't know what all of ~that~ means!
> Another question, --- did you try another HD?
Absolutely! No luck though. Same message.
Thanks for the input, Rick. Keep the suggestions comin'...
Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.
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