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53218 2002-06-08 09:39:00 A: floppy
B: not installed floppy
C: CD ROM

been thru d-z nothing.

FDISK'd HDD no problems, can't format with no letter?

Any ideas?

CHeers
A: Win95 start up alright, but win98 floppy (no operating system found)
Old Pentium 120 desktop, 1.2gb HDD, 32mb RAM.
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53219 2002-06-08 21:14:00 Hi Scotty, After creating partition with fdisk did you remember to make partition active?
cheers steve
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53220 2002-06-08 22:30:00 Yep. Guest (0)
53221 2002-06-09 03:09:00 Check that the CD is jumpered as SLave, and HD is jumpered as MAster if they are on the same IDE interface. Even if they are on different IDE cables, CDs sometimes work 'better' as slave, aven if they are the only device on the cable.

What does the BIOS say what hard drives are present?
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53222 2002-06-09 05:49:00 BIOS acknowledges it as 1.2gb etc, as Master IDE 0. Guest (0)
53223 2002-06-09 11:58:00 hi, why not take the cd rom out and try detect the harddrive to see whats wrong then add the cd rom back in later. it might be easier that way to see if the harddrive is working or not.

jon.
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