I did this early on in this thread. But this is what it says when I open DOS and type in fdisk /status Fixed Disk Drive Status Disk Drv...
Thank you BitByter, but after looking through my own setup screen, and the explanatory setup screen link from Dell, that you posted, I still don't...
I got into my BIOS setup..but where do I find the part about auto detect all HD's being enabled or not? The main screen had a bunch of stuff...
Deloris, How do I do that? *check for already existing partitions, that is* And you are right, I never have ventured into the inner workings of a...
Do you mean #5 as in, "change current fixed disk" -- Type a 5 and press Enter. Note: Option 5 is listed only if a second hard drive is...
Hi again all :) Instead of inundating you with questions, I have one simple one, as I see a few tutorial links were posted. What do you all...
I only have about 5 minutes, so I won't get lengthy with questions until I get home..but..one postitive thing to tell you, Deloris. I did a...
From what you posted, I hope it is the HD itself. I was thinking of calling DEll, in case it is the BIOS..to see if this is a known issue. This...
I would have to get someone to do that for me..as I do not know my way around the insides :eek: Do you think that the software that came with the...
Ok..I rebooted, and after the Dell Screen disappeared and the first screen came up that info on it, I hit the pause key. This is exactly what it...
So when I restart my computer, I can use the pause/break key to stop the screen at any point to read what it says? The majority of my startup is...
Hello again everyone. I'm sorry, I fell asleep last night, and *obviously* wasn't able to get back here. Now..a few questions and answers to...
OK..now I see what the problem has been all along. After reading your post, bitbyter, I did a search, and came up with this.....
eeek..I'm too afraid to try..I don't have the know how to fix it if something goes awry! *scared look* I mean..if I knew for sure, that was what...
LOL..well..I actually changed a couple of drive letters..now maybe I can graduate to novice *why did I put intermediate in my profile??* In...
OK..I did it :) As of now, my slave drive is D, my zip drive is F, my floppy drive was and is still A, My CDROM was and still is E, and of...
Deloris, everything was going fine. I changed my zip drive to G, until I could change back to F, after changing the Maxtor 80GB to drive D..BUT,...
Deloris..I've tried numerous times to download ranish from the link you posted, but it won't work. Do you have another link? And again, I can't...
Wow, thank you for all of your replies. I only wish I could understand this stuff as much as you guys do :) Train, I did the...
Thank you again Deloris..and Billybob. My D drive is my zip drive..and my E drive is my CD/DVD-Rom drive..so I assume that's why my slave drive...
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