It's been a long learning process, but I can't say the results are ideal, different, but not ideal. Not all the information given on those links...
Thanks, Doc. I need to leave for work, but I'll address this tomorrow. Tony, I've never had a problem with having my OS on my D drive. I...
On a rare occasion, I've found myself using DOS utilities that needed to be run on a FAT32 partition. Also, in my early training, I was taught...
I disconnected my backup drive from the computer and started it up. The bios screen loads very slowly, but does see the primary drive. I entered...
Hi Doc, thanks for the link to UBCD. I ran the ESTool V3.01v HDD diagnostic tool for Samsung drives. After 3 hours, it stated: Your HDD has no...
Neil and Evan, thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, they didn't work as planned. In following the instructions, only one OS was found on...
Does anyone know how to edit msconfig?
I realized after the fact I had put his primary HDD into my computer without switching it to slave first. Before I do that again, I want to fix...
I opened my son's computer to test something and ended up with a CMOS error which escalated till both HDDs are no longer functional. I put one of...
I understand that. I can boot fine on the 160GB drive, but it is the 750GB drive that has the boot.ini heading for the wrong partition. My...
The problem with my computer seems to be the boot.ini. The error message I get when I attempt to start is:Windows could not start because the...
I seem to be digging myself deeper and deeper into problems. I notice that every combination on my son's computer comes up with "Non-System disk...
OK, here's the latest. The cleaning didn't accomplish anything. I ran Seatools diagnostics and got the following on the main HDD: SeaTools...
I won't be able to get it cleaned till Wednesday or Thursday, but I will do that. When I deleted the partition and then created a new one in...
I attempted to boot up the backup drive using my 6 disk WinXP SP1 floppies. When I inserted disk # 2, I got the message: File \ntkrnlmp.exe could...
Would a master boot record repair help?
I recently learned about Application Mover (http://www.funduc.com/app_mover.htm) and it worked very well to move my printer software to a...
I saved all his documents to his backup drive, and that one didn't show any signs of problems till this happened, so I don't think it has affected...
ACHI is found on Intel motherboards, not on AMD boards. This is an AMD CPU on a DFI NFII Ultra Infinity mobo. That sounded too good to be true....
Now, I can't access his backup drive, even with the primary drive disconnected. The message I get is: Windows could not start because of a...
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