Yes I formatted after Fdisk. 8+ gigs. Tried to install win 98. CDR101 error.
C:\ dir = 1.9 g's.
Suspected cable. Called Comp USA - 0.5 meter 68 pin Male to Male cable = $85 !
Turned cable around. Using center connector and end connector (vs end to end)
turned upside down to match pin 1 to pin 1. All's well with the hard drive now.
8+ gigs.
Cannot install windows. CD 101 error. Tried booting (installing on boot) from
CD. etc. Can't load CD (DVD) drivers from FD either
Can boot from FD OK.
Maybe a configuration SNAFU. I'ma working on it...
but I'ma start'n to hate computers ... Ahhhhh ! :)
DC
Peter Kaulback wrote:
> In the wee hour of 12:54 PM 7/7/01 -0400, � bequeathed such tales as these:
> >Done. Had � 8.6 Gs on C after format.
> >Wouldn't recognize CD after booting from floppy ("boot with Cd drivers").
> >Shutdown. Restart. Back to FAT16 or No FAT.
> >Now Fdisk says "NO Fixed disk".
> >
> >I may have a bad cable. (I'll suspect the cable first rather than the HD :)
> )
> >
> >Tks
> >DC
>
> When you restart and you are at the a: prompt, what happens when you type
> in c:, if nothing then the drive has not been formatted. Have you
> formatted the drive after running fdisk or have you just run fdisk to set
> the partition active? At the a: prompt type "format c: /s" without the
> quotes, and then restart. After restart you can install windows.
> Peter Kaulback
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