Matt, if were having a meeting tommorow, drag all this stuff with you to the meeting, and im sure we can fix things up pretty quickly (faster if mrO shows up...)
Im not sure if/when this will make it the list... I still have a little unhappy mail issue :( Jamie On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:34:37PM -0800, Matthew Jarvis wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:34:37 -0800 > From: Matthew Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] HD info missing/wrong > > Darren Hayes wrote: > >Matt, > > > >If checking hardware cable connections and jumper settings does not > >resolve... > > > >1. Are you stating that the BIOS POST report on screen during boot up does > >not list the drive. > > > > Does not show drive. First thing I see boot related is "No disk in Drive > A"... > > >or if it does, the you are observing an error during boot up? If so what is > >the error? > > > >2. Not sure if this was implied already but did you try setting the hard > >drive geometry to "Auto" in BIOS? > > "Auto" attempt gives blanks for sectors, cyl etc. > > > > >3. Is this drive connected directly to system board or to a controller > >card? > > to the system as primary controller 1 > > > > >4. Does this drive contain BOTH a system AND boot partition? > > Honestly, I'm not sure. I've never known the drive to be partitioned in > any way. > > > > > >5. Did you install OS on this drive while another drive was also connected > >(and which already contained both a system AND boot partition)? > > > > Nope, not to my knowledge > > >6. Was this drive ever used in a multi-boot setup. If so which OS's were > >involved? > > > > Nope, not to my knowledge > > >Regarding your other drive you might try Acronis True Image v.8 and build a > >Media Rescue boot disk within TI. I've solve a lot of drive issues with > >that > >utility. > > it was just a freebie 3 gig drive I was going to plug in for some more > hamster porn space, but I'll keep Acronis in mind if Toby can't > resurrect it... thanks... > > > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
