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| 452825 | 2006-05-07 00:48:00 | Ok, I have a Celeron 466 system, 192MB RAM, and am trying to install Win 98 first edition to it. The os installs fine, but when I go to add updates (from 2 cds - media player 7, IE6 SP1 etc) it usually installs them, then goes to another dialog showing files being copied and hangs. If I leave it, it goes to a blue screen saying "Unable to write to disk in drive C:". No other error. If I reboot it then hangs at "Updating System settings". This is what I have tried thus far... (all have same results) swapped drive with another known good swapped 80 wire ribbon with another known good swapped IDE ports (instead of hdd on master on IDE1, changed to master on IDE2 with cdrom as slave) swapped IDE ports (same as above except both on IDE1) repartitioned (with fdisk and format, with Partition magic, with Paragon Partition Manager) Run Seatools (interestingly it would hang if I selected Seagate drive, chose generic instead, first run said I had fs errors, fixed that. Susequent runs showed no errors) Every install was a new install on freshly re-partitioned/formatted drive) Disc was also scanned a few times for errors (both in Windows and pre-windows install) Im wanting to sell this and want to know why am I getting these issues as I won't sell a dodgy computer |
Myth (110) | ||
| 452826 | 2006-05-07 00:57:00 | Whats the size of the hard drive?? Try cleaning it with ccleaner. Get rid of the crap on it, if u can get into Windows. Have u scanned it for viruses etc?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 452827 | 2006-05-07 01:01:00 | One drive is 8GB the other 10GB ccleaner? the computer is not connected to go online, and hasnt been so how is it likely to get infected? The update discs are known good discs (Ive used them a few times before for other computers), not infected |
Myth (110) | ||
| 452828 | 2006-05-07 01:15:00 | Did this system work before with both hard drives?? Or are both hdd's new?? Depending on how old this system is, and what brand/model the mobo/system is . Some older systems couldnt read more than 8 GB . . Without a BIOS update . I found this out a while ago, the system was an HP, with a 8 GB hdd . The person I was fixing it for, wanted an 80 GB unpartitioned . However, once 2000 had been installed, it crashed continuously . Because the BIOS couldnt recognise over 8 GB . . Once I had flashed the BIOS . voila no more crashes . Which one of these hdd's is the one u installed 98 on?? The 8 or the 10 GB? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 452829 | 2006-05-07 01:20:00 | Neither of these drives are new. The 8GB drive was the original drive, I used the 10GB drive for swapout purposes (to show it wasnt the harddrive causing this issue). | Myth (110) | ||
| 452830 | 2006-05-07 01:27:00 | Ok, so do u know the brand/model of the mobo?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 452831 | 2006-05-07 01:42:00 | Oops meant to post that before.. Biostar M6SBA using Award Modular BIOS 4.51 But how is this relevant if the system worked with exactly the same hardware/mobo/drives/BIOS as before. All thats changed is the harddrive was wiped to reinstall the OS to on-sell |
Myth (110) | ||
| 452832 | 2006-05-07 01:50:00 | Why not grab this and try it out, saves a lot of hassle: exuberant.ms11.net |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 452833 | 2006-05-07 02:04:00 | Also, more here in case you have any doubts, I have used ver 2.0 twice no problems on 2 different computers, big improvement and no spyware. www.msfn.org |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 452834 | 2006-05-07 02:12:00 | The jumpers (if both hdd's are connected) are jumpered correctly as master and slave arent they? Cant be much wrong with either . I found a BIOS update, but it would have been nice if biostar told u what update fixes what! :badpc: |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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