OT -- I need Computer Help
12-03-2005, 08:34 PM
#41
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:34 PM
#42
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:34 PM
#43
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
corrupt.
Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from
a CD?
>> 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 ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:41 PM
#44
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:41 PM
#45
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Posts: n/a
Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:41 PM
#46
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
>
> "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.
Dim recollection that XP is almost as bad as Sun Solaris here and you
*might* be able to move a boot disk from one computer to the other only
if the two are exactly identical in hardware, right down to the slot
number and revisions. Otherwise the dmi hardware interface is gonna
bite you and refuse to boot.
Microsoft kindly notes that "this is a hardware problem..."
>
> 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 ...
Try changing your BIOS temporarily to read ONLY from the CD.
>
> I'll try that link and let you know what happened ...
>
>
>
>
12-03-2005, 08:44 PM
#47
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Yeah, I know. But my drive is different. The picture on my drive says no
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4392466C.F4F952F9@***.net...
> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
12-03-2005, 08:44 PM
#48
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Yeah, I know. But my drive is different. The picture on my drive says no
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4392466C.F4F952F9@***.net...
> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4392466C.F4F952F9@***.net...
> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
12-03-2005, 08:44 PM
#49
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Yeah, I know. But my drive is different. The picture on my drive says no
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4392466C.F4F952F9@***.net...
> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
jumper if a Slave, and the jumper goes on a set of pins if a Master. This is
a drive specific specifcation, they are different.
I'm not arguing the point, I'm only trying to say that I know what you are
saying, and I read the directions on my drive, and followed them. The jumper
was there and I had to move it, then I moved it back when I was finished.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4392466C.F4F952F9@***.net...
> http://www.mysuperpc.com/hdu/wd1200jb_label_closeup.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> My drive uses a jumper if it's a Master, and no jumper if it's a Slave.
12-03-2005, 08:45 PM
#50
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
>
>>
>> "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.
>
> Typical cause is there are no bootable files on any drives that the BIOS
> has been set up to attempt to boot from. Or the bootable file is
> corrupt.
>
> Got a rescue floppy or known bootable CD, with a bios that can boot from a
> CD?
>
>
I thought I did, but apparently that thought is wrong. Have you got one?