hdd problems

Rashio_UK · 03-23-04, 04:34 PM

hi,
i was swapping my hhd between different pcs and now when i put it back in my original pc or any other pc, as it is loading the start (bios, etc) it then going on to a blank screen and says
"boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter"
now all the other pcs i was trying my hdd in had xp and mine is 98 so i can not get a boot disk, until i see a friend.
now i am abit worried because i have uni work on it so from that message i am getting do u think i would still be able to salvage my work or is there no hope?

thanks

abitavenger · 03-23-04, 04:39 PM

You may be able to salvage it but from what it sounds like, its dead. Try checking the bios and making sure its in the right boot order.

qualhiveldorf · 03-23-04, 04:42 PM

If you have a more than 6 part change between the computers, then windows won't work unless you repair it. If you try putting alot of your components into the pc you are putting the hdd into then it might work. (Windows is setup not to allow drastic changes to your system)

theELVISCERATOR · 03-23-04, 06:57 PM

lesson learned..never let your hd ***** around...

FlailBoy · 03-24-04, 04:06 PM

In the meantime go to bootdisk.com and you can create a WIN98 bootdisk of your own.

druidelder · 03-24-04, 04:57 PM

Is it a data drive or an OS drive? If it is an OS drive, you shouldn't swap it between different systems. In this case, you should be able to put it back in a system, repair the installation, and save the data.

If it is a data drive (no OS loaded on that drive), it could be a few things. How is the drive formatted? Fat32 or NTFS? 98 doesn't read NTFS as far as I remember. Also, make sure you double check the simple stuff. Was the drive on its own channel in the other systems but on a shared channel in the new one? Are the jumpers settings correct? If it's on a shared channel, are the jumper settings on the other drive correct? Which IDE channel did you plug it into in the system that it didn't work, primary, secondary, or possibly a controller card or onboard IDE raid controller?

JigPu · 03-25-04, 03:55 PM

The invalid boot disk error means that your partition tables changed to say that the disk is not bootable. This could have happened if you put your disk in another system as slave and XP decided that it couldn't handle 2 bootable disks.

Once you get a Win98 bootdisk, I believe you can make the disk bootable again by using FDISK to set the partition as Active. I don't know for sure if "Active" is the same thing as "Bootable", but if I'm remembering right from my old DOS days it should be...

If that dosen't work, the drive could be missing the nesscary boot files. Once you have a bootdisk, you can use the command "SYS C:" from the A:\ prompt to transfer boot files over to the hard drive. It should be bootable then

JigPu

03-23-04, 04:34 PM	Thread Starter #1
Rashio_UK Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newcastle, UK	hdd problems hi, i was swapping my hhd between different pcs and now when i put it back in my original pc or any other pc, as it is loading the start (bios, etc) it then going on to a blank screen and says "boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter" now all the other pcs i was trying my hdd in had xp and mine is 98 so i can not get a boot disk, until i see a friend. now i am abit worried because i have uni work on it so from that message i am getting do u think i would still be able to salvage my work or is there no hope? thanks
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03-23-04, 04:42 PM	#3
qualhiveldorf Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where am I? Who am I?	If you have a more than 6 part change between the computers, then windows won't work unless you repair it. If you try putting alot of your components into the pc you are putting the hdd into then it might work. (Windows is setup not to allow drastic changes to your system)
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03-24-04, 04:57 PM	#6
druidelder Member Join Date: Feb 2002	Is it a data drive or an OS drive? If it is an OS drive, you shouldn't swap it between different systems. In this case, you should be able to put it back in a system, repair the installation, and save the data. If it is a data drive (no OS loaded on that drive), it could be a few things. How is the drive formatted? Fat32 or NTFS? 98 doesn't read NTFS as far as I remember. Also, make sure you double check the simple stuff. Was the drive on its own channel in the other systems but on a shared channel in the new one? Are the jumpers settings correct? If it's on a shared channel, are the jumper settings on the other drive correct? Which IDE channel did you plug it into in the system that it didn't work, primary, secondary, or possibly a controller card or onboard IDE raid controller? __________________ Vote the Goat in 2012 Heatware under druidelder Disclaimer I am only human and may make mistakes. Nothing I say is gold. Feel free to correct any misinformation I may spew.
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JigPu Inactive Pokémon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, WA	The invalid boot disk error means that your partition tables changed to say that the disk is not bootable. This could have happened if you put your disk in another system as slave and XP decided that it couldn't handle 2 bootable disks. Once you get a Win98 bootdisk, I believe you can make the disk bootable again by using FDISK to set the partition as Active. I don't know for sure if "Active" is the same thing as "Bootable", but if I'm remembering right from my old DOS days it should be... If that dosen't work, the drive could be missing the nesscary boot files. Once you have a bootdisk, you can use the command "SYS C:" from the A:\ prompt to transfer boot files over to the hard drive. It should be bootable then JigPu __________________ .... ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 .... Intel Core i5 2500 ........................ 4 thread ...... 3300 MHz ......... -0.125 V 2x ASUS GTX 560 Ti ............................... 1 GiB ....... 830 MHz ...... 2004 MHz .... G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage ............. 8 GiB ..... 1600 MHz ............ 1.25 V .... OCZ Vertex 3 ................................. 120 GB ............. nilfs2 ..... Arch Linux .... Kingwin LZP-550 .............................. 550 W ........ 94% Eff. ....... 80+ Plat .... Nocuta NH-D14 ................................ 20 dB ..... 0.35 C°/W ................ 7 V "In order to combat power supply concerns, Nvidia has declared that G80 will be the first graphics card in the world to run entirely off of the souls of dead babies. This will make running the G80 much cheaper for the average end user." "GeForce 8 Series." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 7 Aug 2006, 20:59 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 8 Aug 2006.
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