Please Help me with this Problem :(

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 4:56 pm

Hi

Well , I wanted to format my C:\ drive with win2k on it.
I read somewhere on the internet that the programme : fdisk
would help deleted 1 disk parsion ( wrong spelled)
Well , I deleted it and now when I start my pc , it seems that my cd-roms drives are mentioned as if there harddisks

And at the point where win2k should load there this:

"Could not find a OS"

All my bootdisks wont' work

(((((((

I can only access my Bios , So I'm guessing that this problem can be fixed with re-configuarting some bios things

So I'm asking you all : PLEASE Give me advice how to get my system starting again !

p.s : I'm now using my ****ty old pc

, So that I can still go on the internet and see you guys tips

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:14 pm

PLEASE REPLY!!!1

This is really serious

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:24 pm

How can I access my harddisk again ?!?!
PLEASE RESPOND

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:25 pm

It looks like that I must Re-configure my harddisk to the pc or something , how???

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:26 pm

aaaaggghhhhh This is driving me crazy

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:26 pm

hmmm looks like im talking to myself

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sat Aug 04, 2001 5:29 pm

PLEASE HELP ME NOW

TakeruKobayashi · Post by **TakeruKobayashi** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 4:51 am

You can always use a floopy bootup disks to install..

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 5:42 am

use a boot disk and boot with cd rom support and then install 2K

I am not exactly sure what you did or what the problem is here...

Im assuming you deleted your partition(s) and now can boot...

Now you are going to have to create a new partition using FDISK and then format it and reinstall windows

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 6:20 am

I had a problem like that. First of all... take your battery out to reset your bios. Then read this:

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread ... t=editoral

If you have any other questions, PM me. I went through the exact same thing.

tam69 · Post by **tam69** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 6:31 am

hi mate you could have a look here http://www.geocities.com/ssjdoh/fdisk.html it should explain how to use fdisk.all the best Tam

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 6:40 am

Okay thnx for the answers

the problem is that I deleted with fdisk my Primary c:\ drive
and when I try to reboot with a bootdisk it says could not find the OS
With the win98 bootdisk I can still access my a:\ & d:\
( not cd ) drive
but no c:\

How do I make my c:\ working again????????

and in the bios-startup screens it say's that my AMD is 1005
but it is acctualiy 1405
and that's the same with a few other things

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 7:21 am

First of all, reset your bios. Also, if you're not using fat32; then dos will not see the C: partition. I would boot with cd support. Then go to D: and run fdisk.

Murman · Post by **Murman** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 9:24 am

If you removed your partition (fdisk) you have to create a NEW partation. Use the link tam69 gave you http://www.geocities.com/ssjdoh/fdisk.html

make a new partition, format C: , install your OS.

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 9:30 am

ok , how come i cant use the format c: command??
and how do reset the bios

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 9:37 am

well I did what is says in the link , my d:\ drive is gone and the c:\ drive is not acceseble & I can't use format c: /u
to format! "Could not find command"
And how do you Reset the bios????

VonJames · Post by **VonJames** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 10:25 am

You need to make sure your boot disk has the "format" & "fdisk" commands on it.

You boot to the disk, and start up Fdisk.

You said earlier that you deleted the "c:" partition (normally the primary dos partition).

When using Fdisk, if you delete your partitions, then you will also have to re-create the partitions, in the size you want.
By re-creating them, you are "defining" your drives.

The partition that is to be the boot partition, should always be "c:" (the primary dos partition).
You then have to make it "active" (just the primary partition).

If you didn't re-create the partition and make it active after you originally deleted it, then Format won't work, because you removed the drive partition and didn't "redefine" it by creating it again.
Understand ?

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 11:27 am

What must I do now then?

FunK · Post by **FunK** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 12:12 pm

Put your Startup Disk in the floppy drive.
Boot up.
When it starts, start the compuyter with CDROM support.
Let everytthing run. When it's finished you should have a A:\ prompt.

Type FDISK
When the program starts, you can choose yes or no for large disk support.

If you choose yes, basically you will ba able to make partitions larger than 2 Gig.

When the next screen pops up Choose "Create new Primary Dos Partition".

It will verify your disk and then ask you how large you want to make it.
Specify the size (in MBs).
It will create the new partition and then, if you want, you can specify an Extended and any Logical partitions.

When your finished making your partitions, select the option to Set a partition ACTIVE.
Choose the C:\ Drive (probably "1")

After that, exit FDISk and REBOOT.

Let everything start up as before. When you get to the A:\
FORMAT C:\
YES

After it formats the Drive, you can go to your CD and then run setup for your OS.

Basically, you got rid of your C Drive and need to make it again.

Peace,
FunK

crazyman · Post by **crazyman** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 1:05 pm

Originally posted by Trancentral
Hi

Well , I wanted to format my C:\ drive with win2k on it.
I read somewhere on the internet that the programme : fdisk
would help deleted 1 disk parsion ( wrong spelled)
Well , I deleted it and now when I start my pc , it seems that my cd-roms drives are mentioned as if there harddisks
And at the point where win2k should load there this:

"Could not find a OS"

All my bootdisks wont' work (((((((

I can only access my Bios , So I'm guessing that this problem can be fixed with re-configuarting some bios things

So I'm asking you all : PLEASE Give me advice how to get my system starting again !

p.s : I'm now using my ****ty old pc , So that I can still go on the internet and see you guys tips

well how about NOT yelling and using foul language !

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 2:39 pm

Funk , thanks for the great reply!
My only problem is now that the win98 bootdisk
won't work if I want to start the pc in dos with cd-rom on
It will load a couple of atapi drivers and when its almost finished there's this :

Scanning PCI BUs using Mechanism #2

after that messages the whole pc hangs

What must I do?????? And in the bios it says AMD 1005
but it's a 1400 !?!

How do I reset the bios???????????

Please answer these 2 Questions , Thanks

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and for crazyman: "Shut up Dude"

crazyman · Post by **crazyman** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 2:48 pm

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and for crazyman: "Shut up Dude" [/B]

Never tell me to shut up!

you will not like the retaliation!

you are new here so I will not kick your butt this time!

we do not use foul language here to ask for help!

and you can show your little pansy mad face all you want,,,,DUDE,,,, @ Trancentral

you don't want to rock and roll with me here!

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 2:50 pm

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 2:51 pm

well it would be great if someone could answer my last 2 questions

crazyman · Post by **crazyman** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 2:54 pm

Originally posted by Trancentral
well it would be great if someone could answer my last 2 questions

try here
http://www.windrivers.com/identity/mboard/index.htm

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 5:50 pm

And it would be great Trancentral if you didn't tell our members to "shut up"

everyone is trying to help you the best they can

your attitude so far in this thread is not very mature and respectfull to others around you

I suggest you cease

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 8:59 pm

I was about to answer all your questions... but forget it.

Find your answers elsewhere, you'll get no help from me.

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:49 am

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:53 am

I only used bad words in the topic title , cuz I was pissed off the problem .
And He startet to insult me first so I said : shut up

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:54 am

onetrueday , what did I do to insult you then???

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:05 am

Oh well, I suppose I'll forgive you. Sometimes I get emontional for no reason, you'll just have to excuse me.

Now then, let's fix your problem. The base root of your problem is one of two things. Either the c; partition was formatted using nfta(win2000 type fat32), or you screwed up on fdisking. it doesnt matter what you did, because the fix is the same. First of all, you must reset your bios. Unplug everything from that computer and open the case. Now, remove that little battery for at least 15 minutes. Just let it sit. Now, put the battery back in. Put everything back together.

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:07 am

sorry... had to run for a moment. I'm at work. I'll finish now...

(wait till i'm done.)

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:14 am

Now then, let's fix your problem. The base root of your problem is one of two things. Either the c; partition was formatted using nfta(win2000 type fat32), or you screwed up on fdisking. it doesnt matter what you did, because the fix is the same. First of all, you must reset your bios. Unplug everything from that computer and open the case. Now, remove that little battery for at least 15 minutes. Just let it sit. Now, put the battery back in. Put everything back together.

Now, I want you to go to this website:
http://radified.com/Doc/fdisk.htm

Print that and read it at least 5 times. You have to FULLY understand how fdisk works, otherwise you'll mess it up. Now, we may begin the healing process. Put a win98se boot floppy in. Also, put the win98se disk in. turn on the computer. I might have the prompts wrong, but you'll figure it out. You want to start you computer with cdrom support. Go to the d: prompt and run fdisk. after you finish, reboot and go back to prompt with cdrom support. Now type in E:\ and enter(E: is your cdrom I think) then E:\ cd win98se
Then type in format c:
Then type in format d:
By gaining access to your win98se cdrom, you've given yourself the format program. Sometimes it doesnt load into dos on startup.

I'm assuming you still have two partitions.

Let me know if this helps or if you need more help. Tell me everything!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:19 am

lol

I dont know what to say...

unless your problem is of mythical proportions; I think the first few replies shouldve been more then enough.

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:42 am

Thanks onetrueday!

:2cool:

I will try it , thanks again

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 8:31 am

I really think it's just a silly mistake. Probably one wrong keystroke... Hopefully my explanation was detailed enough so it'll work this time. Otherwise, I will be home from work tonight and i can assist you in the later hours through AIM.

FunK · Post by **FunK** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 8:54 am

Trance, did you build this system yourself?

crazyman · Post by **crazyman** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 9:58 am

Originally posted by Trancentral
I only used bad words in the topic title , cuz I was pissed off the problem .
And He startet to insult me first so I said : shut up

look this is now the wrong forum for this but you call this an insult?>>>

quote crazyman-
"well how about NOT yelling and using foul language !"

thats what you consider me insulting you?

well besides you using the foul language and yelling and then posting 6 times in a row in 15 minutes in your own thread!

Thats rediculous.give me a break.

Trancentral · Post by **Trancentral** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 12:10 pm

FunK :

No I let it build in by a pc shop , I did choose all the parts myself

:

AMD Thunderbird 1400
512 DDR Ram
Asus Geforce 3 64 MB
60 GB
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live 5.1
etc.

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 4:29 pm

is it up and running now?

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