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Resolved windows repair stuck, hard drive transfer

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by pcyouzer, 2010/05/20.

  1. 2010/05/20
    pcyouzer

    pcyouzer Inactive Thread Starter

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    i already repaired windows about a month ago worked fine, this time it gets stuck on a screen where it shows how much time left (37min) and on the right side a slideshow of all the features on xp. i tried a few more times did the same thing. do i have to reformat everything? or is there a way around this?

    also, if i have to reformat, i have some files i wanna backup. i already backed up most of my files, but i have some new ones that need to be saved. can i take out the hardrive and put it in an older computer? it has win98, im on it right now and it does work fine. its not that bad except its old.
     
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  2. 2010/05/21
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    If you are having to make a repair install of Windows every few weeks or so you clearly have a problem - I would start by checking out the hard drive using the drive manufacturer's diagnostic software (DOS) version ....

    Disk Diagnostic Software ....

    ExcelStore

    Hitachi/IBM

    Samsung

    Seagate, Maxtor, Quantum

    Western Digital
    Yes, but not necessarily on a Win 98 computer. If the drive is formatted using the NTFS file system W98 will not be able to read it - if FAT then no problem.
     
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  4. 2010/05/21
    Arie

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    If your XP HD is formatted NTFS you would be able to find a driver to install in Win98 that would let you read the NTFS disk, so there is a way around that problem.
     
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  5. 2010/05/21
    PeteC

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  6. 2010/05/21
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    pcyouzer Inactive Thread Starter

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    im thinking of reformatting w/ my 75gb hd, which is in my old computer, then after reformatting everything, i put in the 250gb hd. would that work? or would i at least be able to burn some files before formatting the hardrive?
     
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  7. 2010/05/21
    PeteC

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    If you format the 75 Gb drive - the W98 drive - you will need to install an Operating System before you can install the 250 Gb drive as slave - BTW is the 250 Gb an IDE drive? - I doubt your W98 computer has SATA ports and will only accept IDE drives.

    Bear in mind that you can only install XP from your CD onto one computer - although you can make installs on other computers you will not be able to activate those installs.

    Unless you have an unused retail copy of XP to hand leave the W98 system as is and connect the 250 Gb drive up as slave - if the motherboard will take it and, if necessary use the reader I posted above to access the files.
     
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  8. 2010/05/24
    pcyouzer

    pcyouzer Inactive Thread Starter

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    sry so late but do u mean after i install an os i'll be able to put in the 250 drive w/o losing any data? or at least able to backup my new files?

    i definitely wanna reformat my 250 drive, but i really would like to backup some files before i do so
     
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  9. 2010/05/24
    PeteC

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    You already have an OS - Win98 on your old computer ......

    If your 250 Gb drive is IDE - IDE drives connect to the motherboard with a wide, flat ribbon cable - set the jumpers on the 250 Gb drive as slave and connect it to the spare connector on the ribbon cable connecting the hard drive to the motherboard in the Win 98 computer.

    Windows should see the drive - if it is formatted FAT32 you will be able to se the files and copy off what you rewuire. If the 250 Gb drive is formated NTFS you will need to use the reader I gave the URL of in post #4.

    If that all works you can then go ahead and reformat the drive after installing it back in the XP computer.
     
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  10. 2010/05/24
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    98 will not read/write any data that is beyond 137g byte hdd boundary with out data corruption, you will not know till you try to use data . What I do not know if the 'READER' posted by PeteC & Arie will work around that problem (?). There is a non MS fix that worked for me, rewritten ESDI_506.PDR file.
    http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/78592-enable48bitlba-break-the-137gb-barrier/

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    Note: that problem is only when hdd is connected to motherboard IDE channel, if you connect hdd as an external hdd using a IDE to USB caddy then there is no problem, different drivers are used.
     
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  11. 2010/05/31
    pcyouzer

    pcyouzer Inactive Thread Starter

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    thx guys for all the help, much appreciated. problem has been solved :D

    im gonna reformat w/ the 75hd in the new computer, then put in the 250hd after everythings reformatted, backup my files, then reformatt everything again. leave the 75hd in there, i need the extra space.
     
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  12. 2010/05/31
    PeteC

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    Glad to hear it :)

    Please mark this thread as 'Resolved', see .....
     
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