OT -- I need Computer Help
12-03-2005, 08:45 PM
#51
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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?
12-03-2005, 08:45 PM
#52
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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?
12-03-2005, 08:47 PM
#53
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Just making sure you double checked it.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
12-03-2005, 08:47 PM
#54
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Just making sure you double checked it.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
12-03-2005, 08:47 PM
#55
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Just making sure you double checked it.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> 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.
12-03-2005, 09:20 PM
#56
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
<snip>
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
12-03-2005, 09:20 PM
#57
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
<snip>
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
12-03-2005, 09:20 PM
#58
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
<snip>
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
>
> Before you do that, can I use a New Installation Win 95 CD to get the
> machine going, then use my Win XP Upgrade CD to get to XP Pro?
>
>
I recommend NOT doing this, unless nothing else will work. Normally doing an
upgrade installation causes problems. Also, Win95 does not qualify as an
upgrade product for XP according to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/matrix.mspx
This may be a problem too, because now that I think of it, you're going to
need a win98 or newer CD to get the upgrade disk to start installing.
Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com and
I will send you the download link.
While I am at it, if any of you want a gmail invite, let me know, I have at
least 100 of them left yet.
Chris
12-03-2005, 09:24 PM
#59
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Never mind this, I didn't read your last message to get your email address
;)
Chris
>
> Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com
and
> I will send you the download link.
> Chris
>
>
;)
Chris
>
> Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com
and
> I will send you the download link.
> Chris
>
>
12-03-2005, 09:24 PM
#60
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Re: OT -- I need Computer Help
Never mind this, I didn't read your last message to get your email address
;)
Chris
>
> Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com
and
> I will send you the download link.
> Chris
>
>
;)
Chris
>
> Jeff, your email bounced, so shoot me an email at stargazer17@gmail.com
and
> I will send you the download link.
> Chris
>
>