re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at 4:52 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Satish
(12 messages posted)
Yes! I see the EZ BIOS startup messages in the beginning. Also, I have a secondary
hard drive (6GB capacity) in addition to the master (20GB), the secondary disk is
partitioned 2GB each into 3 partitions (this is the hard drive from old system I
used to have). I wonder if still have a chance make my primary non-dos partition
as dos partition. If this is not possible what can be my future problems if continue
the status quo? Can you please suggest some external backup utility/software where
I can put all of my data into the secondary hard drive (with or without compression)
and reformat the primary to start all over again.
Thank you so much, I appreciate all your help.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 5:58 am, Michael Jurik wrote:
>If it is an active non-dos partition, it usually indicates the use of "disk-overlay"
>software (such as MaxBlast) when the drive was formatted. THis occurs when you you
>install a hard drive that is larger than the computer's BIOS can support. Most retail
>replacement hard drives ship with EZ BIOS or some other form of overlay software.
>Have you replaced the original hard drive with a new drive since purchasing the
machine?
>Unfortunately, you usually will have to delete the non-dos partition and then create
>a new dos partition. THis destroys the data on the drive. I don't think PowerQuest's
>Partition Magic software can change non-dos to dos in a non-destructive manner.
>You could go to powerquest.com and then e-mail them, asking about safe non-dos to
>dos formatting using Partition Magic. Otherwise, back up what you can and bite the
>bullet and reformat. One last thing: At boot up, watch the monitor closely. Look
>for something to the effect of "EZ BIOS now starting". If you see this or something
>similar, let me know. You may still have an out. Good luck!
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