OT -- I need Computer Help
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > Check your BIOS setup and see if the motherboard is seeing all drives if
> > not it may be a bad connection on the ribbon cable or an incompatible
> > cable.
> >
>
> BIOS sees the drive. The drive worked before it formatted it, but I
thought
> it was heavily loaded with viruses (virii). Now, if shows up during boot,
> but the 'puter hangs with the message, Verifying DMI Pool Data.
>
>
>
>
> > If I understand your problem you are trying to install a new HD and it
was
> > in another computer?
>
> Not exactly. I had the drive installed in Computer 1. I put it into
Computer
> 2 as a slave to format it, then put it back into Computer 1. Now I want to
> load Win XP back on, but I can't get past the boot sequence.
>
>
>
> You formatted the drive in one computer and now you
> > want it as a master in another. Was the drive you formatted NTFS or
> > FAT32? If it was NTFS there is a partition on it that formatting does
not
> > remove and if it is being used in a FAT 32 machine it won't work. You
> > need to do an FDisk delete all partitions, them do a full format.
> >
>
> NTFS. Fdisk doesn't work in XP. I think I did a Full Format. The format
> initially dod a Quick Format that was complete in about 10 seconds. The
Full
> Format took about 10 minutes.
>
>
>
> > You will need to boot from XP pro install disk or
http://www.bootdisk.com/
> > download the boot disk for xp and do a clean install'
> >
>
> The trouble I'm having is that the Boot Disk (Win XP Install CD) isn't
being
> read from. It appears during Boot, but the message, "Verifying DMI Pool
> Data" is holding me up. I don't know what DMI Pool Data is ...
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
Just an FYI for you
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
Chris
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:M42dnYe3U4agrw_enZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@ez2.net...
>
> "Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:78Sdne1XSb_gsg_eRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> > Check your BIOS setup and see if the motherboard is seeing all drives if
> > not it may be a bad connection on the ribbon cable or an incompatible
> > cable.
> >
>
> BIOS sees the drive. The drive worked before it formatted it, but I
thought
> it was heavily loaded with viruses (virii). Now, if shows up during boot,
> but the 'puter hangs with the message, Verifying DMI Pool Data.
>
>
>
>
> > If I understand your problem you are trying to install a new HD and it
was
> > in another computer?
>
> Not exactly. I had the drive installed in Computer 1. I put it into
Computer
> 2 as a slave to format it, then put it back into Computer 1. Now I want to
> load Win XP back on, but I can't get past the boot sequence.
>
>
>
> You formatted the drive in one computer and now you
> > want it as a master in another. Was the drive you formatted NTFS or
> > FAT32? If it was NTFS there is a partition on it that formatting does
not
> > remove and if it is being used in a FAT 32 machine it won't work. You
> > need to do an FDisk delete all partitions, them do a full format.
> >
>
> NTFS. Fdisk doesn't work in XP. I think I did a Full Format. The format
> initially dod a Quick Format that was complete in about 10 seconds. The
Full
> Format took about 10 minutes.
>
>
>
> > You will need to boot from XP pro install disk or
http://www.bootdisk.com/
> > download the boot disk for xp and do a clean install'
> >
>
> The trouble I'm having is that the Boot Disk (Win XP Install CD) isn't
being
> read from. It appears during Boot, but the message, "Verifying DMI Pool
> Data" is holding me up. I don't know what DMI Pool Data is ...
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
Just an FYI for you
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
Chris
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:M42dnYe3U4agrw_enZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@ez2.net...
>
> "Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:78Sdne1XSb_gsg_eRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> > Check your BIOS setup and see if the motherboard is seeing all drives if
> > not it may be a bad connection on the ribbon cable or an incompatible
> > cable.
> >
>
> BIOS sees the drive. The drive worked before it formatted it, but I
thought
> it was heavily loaded with viruses (virii). Now, if shows up during boot,
> but the 'puter hangs with the message, Verifying DMI Pool Data.
>
>
>
>
> > If I understand your problem you are trying to install a new HD and it
was
> > in another computer?
>
> Not exactly. I had the drive installed in Computer 1. I put it into
Computer
> 2 as a slave to format it, then put it back into Computer 1. Now I want to
> load Win XP back on, but I can't get past the boot sequence.
>
>
>
> You formatted the drive in one computer and now you
> > want it as a master in another. Was the drive you formatted NTFS or
> > FAT32? If it was NTFS there is a partition on it that formatting does
not
> > remove and if it is being used in a FAT 32 machine it won't work. You
> > need to do an FDisk delete all partitions, them do a full format.
> >
>
> NTFS. Fdisk doesn't work in XP. I think I did a Full Format. The format
> initially dod a Quick Format that was complete in about 10 seconds. The
Full
> Format took about 10 minutes.
>
>
>
> > You will need to boot from XP pro install disk or
http://www.bootdisk.com/
> > download the boot disk for xp and do a clean install'
> >
>
> The trouble I'm having is that the Boot Disk (Win XP Install CD) isn't
being
> read from. It appears during Boot, but the message, "Verifying DMI Pool
> Data" is holding me up. I don't know what DMI Pool Data is ...
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
Just an FYI for you
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
Chris
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What this is saying is that what hardware is expected is not there. That's
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
Guest
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What this is saying is that what hardware is expected is not there. That's
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
Guest
Posts: n/a
What this is saying is that what hardware is expected is not there. That's
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
because you imaged your hard drive from another machine. That won't work
both from a hardware stand point and a windows XP standpoint. You must build
a XP drive on the machine it's going to be used in. You need to refdisk the
drive and start from scratch with the XP cd on that machine.
JoBo
>
> Just an FYI for you
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/dmi.html
>
> Chris
>
>
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Hi Jeff,
The drives I've used do not use a jumper as the master if there is
not secondary. And That would throw your "VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA":
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm
As long as you've reformatted the drive in another computer, I
would put it back in there, and make sure you copied the systems,
providing that computer is running XP, too. Then go ahead and copy your
WinXP installation disk to D:\winXP directory, and install it from
there, and you'll never need the CD again.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> Sorry for asking computer questions here, but you guys seem to know so much
> more than gears and rocks ...
>
> I got a computer for free that I'm sure had virual enhancements affecting
> its operation.
>
> It is running WinXP Pro with an AMD K6 processor running at 475 Mhz. I
> reformatted the HD by installing it as a Slave (moved a jumper) in another
> machine. Now, I'm trying to put it back into the original machine as the
> Master (reset the applicable jumper), but the original machine now hangs on
> Boot with a message that says VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA.
>
> I can get into the BIOS, and I've set the Boot Sequence to CD>A>C but the
> bootable CD never starts because the Pool Data is not being read. I'm lost
> here, what should I be doing?
>
> Can I turn the HD into a Slave again, and put anything into it and then
> reinstall it as a Master into the original machine? If so, what do I put on
> it?
>
> THE REASON I THINK THE MACHINE WAS VIRUALLY ENHANCED
> The Task Manager reported in the Performance tab that the processor was
> running at 100% all of the time. I went into the various settings in Task
> Manager to set the priorities for runing processes to the minimal settings
> and smallest possible time slices, but nothing would let the processor take
> a rest. The result of the processor running at 100% was that any new command
> (mouse click) would take a considerable delay before it would be
> processed -- the new command would have to wait for the next available time
> slice to appear, but this could take several seconds, and it was possible to
> have several mouse clicks stored in a queue and have them process in a
> batch.
The drives I've used do not use a jumper as the master if there is
not secondary. And That would throw your "VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA":
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm
As long as you've reformatted the drive in another computer, I
would put it back in there, and make sure you copied the systems,
providing that computer is running XP, too. Then go ahead and copy your
WinXP installation disk to D:\winXP directory, and install it from
there, and you'll never need the CD again.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> Sorry for asking computer questions here, but you guys seem to know so much
> more than gears and rocks ...
>
> I got a computer for free that I'm sure had virual enhancements affecting
> its operation.
>
> It is running WinXP Pro with an AMD K6 processor running at 475 Mhz. I
> reformatted the HD by installing it as a Slave (moved a jumper) in another
> machine. Now, I'm trying to put it back into the original machine as the
> Master (reset the applicable jumper), but the original machine now hangs on
> Boot with a message that says VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA.
>
> I can get into the BIOS, and I've set the Boot Sequence to CD>A>C but the
> bootable CD never starts because the Pool Data is not being read. I'm lost
> here, what should I be doing?
>
> Can I turn the HD into a Slave again, and put anything into it and then
> reinstall it as a Master into the original machine? If so, what do I put on
> it?
>
> THE REASON I THINK THE MACHINE WAS VIRUALLY ENHANCED
> The Task Manager reported in the Performance tab that the processor was
> running at 100% all of the time. I went into the various settings in Task
> Manager to set the priorities for runing processes to the minimal settings
> and smallest possible time slices, but nothing would let the processor take
> a rest. The result of the processor running at 100% was that any new command
> (mouse click) would take a considerable delay before it would be
> processed -- the new command would have to wait for the next available time
> slice to appear, but this could take several seconds, and it was possible to
> have several mouse clicks stored in a queue and have them process in a
> batch.


