re: hard drive issues, please help
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by kyle
(7 messages posted)
Ok, after downloading GDISK and DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) from SourceForge. I
put the proper text into a file in Notepad and titled it GDISK.BAT. Also to (james)
my cd drive was D and not E...so i made the proper changes to the code. When I start
the computer and get it to the correct prompt i type the command GDISK.BAT as instructed.
I recieve the following messages.....
D:\>D:\GDISK 1 /DISKWIPE /Y
GDISK (E) Uknown switch -- /DISKWIPE
D:\>
D:\>D:\GDISK 1 /MBR /WIPE /Y
Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage
No Partitions Defined
GDISK (I) Master Boot Record Reinitialised
D:\>
D:\>D:\GDISK 1 /DEL /ALL /Y
GDISK (E) No partitions to delete
D:\>
D:\>D:\GDISK 1 /CRE /PRI /SZ:100P /FOR /Q /V:WIN98 /Y
GDISK (E) Invalid partition size -- 100P
D:\>
D:\>D:\GDISK 1 /ACT /P:1
GDISK (E) Invalid partition number -- 1
Now i have already ran FDISK and it tells me that there is an active partition using
all available usage..(100p) So instead I took out that disk that i put GDISK on,
and put back in the Windows 98SE disk..this is an OEM disk not a dell one. When i
type in "setup" it automatically begins Scandisk again...and wow for the first time,
it completes scandisk.........only to tell me that
"Please wait while Setup intializes"
"Scanning System Registry"
"Cpoying Files needed for Windows Setup"
"Setup has been interrupted or canceled and connot continue"
Why on earth it stops i dont know, I obviously am not pressing any buttons or attempting
to take anything out of the drives or turn the computer off.
So then I took out the win98se cd and put the disk i created of DBAN(boot and nuke)...first
i tried the old one, but i found the beta version and ran it. i followed the instructions
and used the "autonuke" command it takes roughly 4 hours and then it stops and says
the it found non-fatal errors and cannot complete the scan....Is my hard drive just
done? Are there any gurantees that if i replace it i wont find that the processor
or motherboard is bad? I really dont want to spend mych more money on it than i have
to, but its my only computer and i would love to get it running again. Thanks for
the help...
On Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm, kyle wrote:
>Ok lets see where to begin? First of all the computer is a Dell Espirion 3500. Obviously
>it has an Windows 98 SE operating system. The computer was given to me by my roomate
>when he bought a new one, so I do have internet access and the ability to download
>using his. My computer has been expierincing many issues, insluding constant freezing
>and data loss. Recently it has stopped finding the original drivers for an unknown
>reason so I cant go online, and when I try to open up "my computer" it either takes
>forever and then freezes or just stops.
>I have a boot disk with FDISK as well the windows se install disk. Although Im not
>the most computer literate person I understand basic commands and directions...haha
>(i can read)...I followed directions from another forum here that told me how to
>use FDISK to delete the exisitng partitions and then to make a new one, and set
it
>as "Active". Having done that it says that there is 1 partiton that it is indeed
>active and that its a "FAT32"? and has 100% usage.
>The command from the A: prompt (floppy) with the boot disk in of "FORMAT C:" doesn't
>work as it tells me bad command or file name. Im assuming that it does not have
the
>format file on the disk? So that way to format the drive has not worked. My roomates
>computer doesnt have a floppy drive so i cant add it to my floppy.
>Furthermore when I try to start the computer I get three options....one to start
>the windows 98 Se setup, second to start without cd support. and three to start
with
>cd support. If i try to use option one, it begins to run Scandisk (automatically)
>and after telling me that it is fixing files. I get the following message.
>"Not Ready" "Format Terminated" and thats all.
>When I try to start without CD support but i have the cd in the drive (D) I type
>in D: and at the prompt i type "setup"...This one again takes me into scandisk but
>a different color screen funny enough. After working its way up to 18% everytime
>it stops and gives me this message..
>""To finish repairing drive C, move or delete some files from its root directory,
>and then run scandisk again. I have no idea how to accomplish this as the computer
>will no longer run Windows and only goes into DOS. I have tried many commands such
>as "ERASE" or even tried to use the "DIR" command when i was in the C prompt. THat
>gives me this message...
>"There is no volume label for the C drive"
>any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated as Im at the end of my rope
and
>wondering whether this is a lost cause. Once again i do have access to downloads
>on my roomates computer but i dont believe that will help much as without a floppy
>drive there is no good way to transfer that information to my computer. Thanks for
>the advice. If im missing anything let me know, ive tried to look online through
>this site and others and no matter which way i get into scandisk, or even when it
>actually starts to format it always stops and has a reason. Thanks again!
>
>
>Here are some of the links ive used for my info....
>
>
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1069898801
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t1034533693
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1192677773
>
>
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