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BillW50
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In news:hpiet702etu@news3.newsguy.com,
dwn typed on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:205 -0700:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:27:20 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>>>> And yes, a MS-DOS disk or a Windows 9x Startup disk will work if
>>>> you run FDISK to set which partition you want to be set as active.
>>>> These disks can't see inside of NTFS formatted partitions, but
>>>> that is okay. And *most* recovery partitions are in FAT32 format.
>>>> So you should be able to peek inside with DIR or something.
>
> BTW, my HD is Hitachi 50Gb.
>
> 1st try
>
> Bootup Win98SE.
> fdisk
>
> 1 A non Dos 2330 4%
> 2 NTFS 54906 96%
>
> Set 1 to A (active) check "C" Not ready reading drive C
> Abort, retry, fail?
>
> Boot up black screen nothing happen, except a "-" one screen.
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> 2nd try
>
> Bootup Win98SE
> fdisk
>
> 1 non Dos 2330 4%
> 2 A NTFS 54906 96%
> fdisk
>
> Set 2 drive to A (active) check "C" Not ready reading drive C
> Abort, retry, fail?
>
> Restart both times: 1st and 2nd. 1st try drive 1 make active window
> will not start. Only 2st try with drive 2 set active, window will
> start.
>
>> Yes it will happen here too. As there is very little you can run on
>> the hard drive with a Windows 9x Startup Disk. Remember though, the
>> only reason is to run FDISK from the startup disk. So you can toggle
>> which partition is active. And to copy the three needed files on the
>> recovery partition (if needed).
>
> Somehow, the hidden partition is in the drive and cannot be access
> using Win98SE diskette.
>
> This is what I found out earlier. When I use Command Dot Prompt to
> check
> the hidden partition, I have to depressed the "Administrative" button
> to access the hidden partition (I dunno if I could add/edit this
> partition). If I depress my user button, "access denial".
>
> I will keep trying and in the meantime I'll get the recovery cd back.
>
> Thinking back the hidden partition may have been corrupted after I
> installed the new hardrive. On startup the three options on the lower
> left corner of the screen, "F11 Recovery" is missing. I found a
> patched somewhere in IBM's website and patched.
>
> F1 Bio Utility setup
> F11 Recovery
> F12 Boot selection
>
> What options do I have, beside get the 3 recovery CD?
>
> Thanks.
Okay here is what I would do. You say you see an i386 folder right? If
so, that will reinstall Windows XP from scratch. What it should do is to
rename your old Windows folder or delete it (you should get a choice of
one or the other or both).
The file you want to run from the i386 folder is Winnt32.exe (I would do
this from safe mode and try this first before using normal mode). This
will start the Windows install. You won't have any applications you
installed later and it might not even have all of the device drivers
either. Like video card, WiFi, sound, etc. So grab these drivers first
before you try to reinstall Windows XP once again.
Yes it sounds like the recovery partition might be corrupted. Or the
permission is set to keep you out of there.
It would be very nice if you could make a copy of the i386 folder and
save it to a CD, flash drive, or something before you start. As if the
Winnt.exe and Winnt32.exe files are there, it should contain a complete
Windows XP install. And if the worse happens, you could use the copy to
reinstall Windows XP once again.
--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
dwn typed on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:205 -0700:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:27:20 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>>>> And yes, a MS-DOS disk or a Windows 9x Startup disk will work if
>>>> you run FDISK to set which partition you want to be set as active.
>>>> These disks can't see inside of NTFS formatted partitions, but
>>>> that is okay. And *most* recovery partitions are in FAT32 format.
>>>> So you should be able to peek inside with DIR or something.
>
> BTW, my HD is Hitachi 50Gb.
>
> 1st try
>
> Bootup Win98SE.
> fdisk
>
> 1 A non Dos 2330 4%
> 2 NTFS 54906 96%
>
> Set 1 to A (active) check "C" Not ready reading drive C
> Abort, retry, fail?
>
> Boot up black screen nothing happen, except a "-" one screen.
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> 2nd try
>
> Bootup Win98SE
> fdisk
>
> 1 non Dos 2330 4%
> 2 A NTFS 54906 96%
> fdisk
>
> Set 2 drive to A (active) check "C" Not ready reading drive C
> Abort, retry, fail?
>
> Restart both times: 1st and 2nd. 1st try drive 1 make active window
> will not start. Only 2st try with drive 2 set active, window will
> start.
>
>> Yes it will happen here too. As there is very little you can run on
>> the hard drive with a Windows 9x Startup Disk. Remember though, the
>> only reason is to run FDISK from the startup disk. So you can toggle
>> which partition is active. And to copy the three needed files on the
>> recovery partition (if needed).
>
> Somehow, the hidden partition is in the drive and cannot be access
> using Win98SE diskette.
>
> This is what I found out earlier. When I use Command Dot Prompt to
> check
> the hidden partition, I have to depressed the "Administrative" button
> to access the hidden partition (I dunno if I could add/edit this
> partition). If I depress my user button, "access denial".
>
> I will keep trying and in the meantime I'll get the recovery cd back.
>
> Thinking back the hidden partition may have been corrupted after I
> installed the new hardrive. On startup the three options on the lower
> left corner of the screen, "F11 Recovery" is missing. I found a
> patched somewhere in IBM's website and patched.
>
> F1 Bio Utility setup
> F11 Recovery
> F12 Boot selection
>
> What options do I have, beside get the 3 recovery CD?
>
> Thanks.
Okay here is what I would do. You say you see an i386 folder right? If
so, that will reinstall Windows XP from scratch. What it should do is to
rename your old Windows folder or delete it (you should get a choice of
one or the other or both).
The file you want to run from the i386 folder is Winnt32.exe (I would do
this from safe mode and try this first before using normal mode). This
will start the Windows install. You won't have any applications you
installed later and it might not even have all of the device drivers
either. Like video card, WiFi, sound, etc. So grab these drivers first
before you try to reinstall Windows XP once again.
Yes it sounds like the recovery partition might be corrupted. Or the
permission is set to keep you out of there.
It would be very nice if you could make a copy of the i386 folder and
save it to a CD, flash drive, or something before you start. As if the
Winnt.exe and Winnt32.exe files are there, it should contain a complete
Windows XP install. And if the worse happens, you could use the copy to
reinstall Windows XP once again.
--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2