Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 22:25:08 -0700 From: "George V" <kf7nn1@cybertrails.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: way off topic windows98 question and HDD prob. Message-ID: <00a601be27eb$48af5300$e9aefea9@kf7nn1>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable has anyone seen this sort of problem. today after rebooting into win98 i got a error in vxd and windows = wouldnt start so i rebooted again and got another error but it started scandisk and = found a bunch of crosslinked files and such so i just fdisk /mbr, fdisked, formatted and tried to reinstall winblows, it gets as far as "windows is checking = registry" and eithier gives me back the D:> prompt or some funky characters i cant = type. the disk fdisks fine and formats fine and i can read it. but for the life of me i cant install win98 on it anymore. (it used to = be on it) I have done this 50 times before without any problems.=20 I switched out the disk with another of the same size (5GiG) and it=20 installed just fine.. does this sound like it might be a drive cache problem? i was thinking that winblows may try and use the drive cache and if its broken.... crash... any ideas,=20 Sorry for the off topic post but this got me puzzled and you people are the greatest for hardware problems. sorry for the winblows mailer too... ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>has anyone seen this sort of=20 problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>today after rebooting into win98 i = got a error=20 in vxd and windows wouldnt start</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>so i rebooted again and got another = error but it=20 started scandisk and found a bunch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>of crosslinked files and such so i = just fdisk=20 /mbr, fdisked, formatted</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>and tried to reinstall winblows, it = gets as far=20 as "windows is checking registry"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>and eithier gives me back the D:> = prompt or=20 some funky characters i cant </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>type. the disk fdisks fine and = formats fine and=20 i can read it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>but for the life of me i cant = install win98 on=20 it anymore. (it used to be on it)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have done this 50 times before = without any=20 problems. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I switched out the disk with another = of the same=20 size (5GiG) and it </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>installed just fine..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>does this sound like it might be a = drive cache=20 problem?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>i was thinking that winblows may try = and use the=20 drive cache</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>and if its broken.... =20 crash...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>any ideas, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Sorry for the off topic post but = this got me=20 puzzled and you people</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>are the greatest for hardware=20 problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>sorry for the winblows mailer=20 too...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A3_01BE27B0.9B657EC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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