One other "funny" observation: if I connect this drive as a slave with a primary hard drive loaded with WIN ME, it shows as a "local drive(D)" unformatted; if I connect the same drive as a slave with a primary hard drive loaded with WIN XP, it does not show at all when I click on "my computer", but if I click on computer management I see it JUST on the right bottom (under the primary drive) as a "disk 1" with 37.27 GB of unallocated space. It does not show on the top right window under the primary drive. Basically it seems that I cannot format it with "disk management" anymore. Any other way to do it? I have a drive that's failing, another loaded with windows ME that constantly gives me warnings of low resources nd needs to be restarted, and this one nightmare. One more question for you guys: can I load winxp pro on top of winxp home without losing all the programs loaded on that drive? I'm not talking about an upgrade of winxp pro, but the full version. Thanks for your patience and advice.
alex --- In [email protected], "lfibonacci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Emile, > I downloaded the diagnostic software from Western Digital, run a > test on the drive and then I did a full zero write of the entire > drive. It took more than an hour, but at the end I had a "PASS" on > both tests. The drive shows as healthy, recognized (once again) by the > Western Digital diagnostic software, and by the BIOS at the startup. > So, I think I'm on right road, but then, after I press the "enter" key > asking for a new install of win xp, I get a message saying that this > is an unknown drive/device (I don't recall exactly), and where before > it showed up 478MB of unpatitioned space now says that there is no > disk drive. I connected it as a slave once again, and it shows as a > "local disk(D)", but if I check the properties, it says 0 bytes used > and 0 bytes free. This is becoming a nightmare. What else should I try? > > alex > > --- In [email protected], emifra@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 1/17/2007 9:12:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > lfibonacci@ writes: > > > > My only given choice would be to partition/install in that > > 478MB.I believe that disk management showed a healty drive with a > > capacity of 37 GB at the end of formatting. This thing is driving me > > crazy. I MUST be doing something wrong! > > > > > > > > > > > > Ya Alex: > > I'm trying to guess what you are doing wrong without getting much > info from > > you. Windows will let you install the same version of XP on your PC > any > > number of times into ANY already formatted partition that has enough > space. The > > formatted partition can even already have other stuff on it as long > as there > > is enough space left. The Minimum size is around 2.5 GB and a > better choice > > is something over 5GB. You can do that by booting with the XP > application CD > > and following the instructions. > > > > Or, you can install any number of the same version of XP if you have > a block > > of unallocated space big enough available by first restarting your > PC with > > your first version of XP, then start the XP application CD and follow > > directions. > > > > Windows XP Disk management is very restricted in what it can do. For > > instance, if you have used all the available unallocated space on > the "C" > > partition then there is little you can do. > > If you have not used all your unallocated space for "C" you can > install > > another version of XP on it. > > > > You say you have a new 37GB partition, then you can install another > XP. > > Having a second version of XP is a good idea. For instance if the > C drive > > won't boot, you can boot the second version to get at your data. > Or you can > > isolate parts of your PC by loading online apps to one XP and > offline apps to > > the second. > > > > > > Emile > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
