Text 4186, 71 rader
Skriven 2005-02-26 20:59:58 av Gordon Huff (1:106/2000.0)
   Kommentar till text 4133 av JIM HOLSONBACK (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Win98FE Harddrivicide?
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-=> JIM HOLSONBACK wrote to ALL <=-

 JH> I'm posting here ...(for) ... advice ...and ..(criticism).

Okay!

 JH> For background, he has an older Celeron 433 system, and his mobo

Ouch! At best, this is going to be marginal with modern software.. 
I'd think long and hard about a $20 motherboard transplant. 
$100 will move you to current stuff, if you want.

 JH> BIOS will not support HDD larger than 8GB or so.  He has obtained a

It's an old one ... even worse news..

 JH> 65 GB HDD, and intended to install a dual-boot configuration of Linux
 JH> and Win98FE. 

Win98FE is also not good . Get Win98SE or move to WinXP.

 JH>His recent project was to install a Promise Ultra66 biosed
 JH> controller card in order to access capacity of the HDD, and to run it

This is a good answer ... check your motherboard manufacturer and the 
Promise websites for compatibility.

 JH> faster than the UDMA33 supported by his onboard controller. He relates

Hmmm ... wouldn't the PCI controller also be compromised on this
old motherboard?

 JH> that he had partitioned the HDD correctly using the FDISK utility
 JH> from Linux, setting aside an 8GB partition for exclusive use by
 JH> Winders.

Bzzzt ... No ... Windows does not play well with others.
 Set Windows up first ..  use the native Windows tools 
for everything. (Linux does play well with others)


 JH> Disaster struck when he went to install Win98FE from an OEM disc.

No ..... 
 
 JH> It appears that the Linux FDISKed the HDD to full 65GB,

You did that? Why? You said you set up the first 8G for Windows.

 JH> and in the Win98
 JH> installation process, somehow, Windows FDISK was run.  Win98FE has a
 JH> problem with HDD>64MB, and it appears that the damn thing
 JH> wrapped-around the HDD addressing, overwriting his MBR.  He now says

Right ... Windows does not play well with others. Win98FE and Win98SE
FDISK has a cosmetic problem with large HDs ... the disk is fine but the
display
in FDISK is scrambled. Either ignore it or get the updated FDISK from M$.

 JH> that the HDD is dead beyond any recovery, can't be FDISKed or even
 JH> recognized in his system.

 JH> Question - -  how can his HDD be saved?

Saved? It isn't even busted yet ... you can verify this by looking at it with
Linux FDISK.

Regards, Gordon
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