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Free, - I did exactly that. Partition Magic runs good. No errors.
Win2k have problems.
Val
----- Original Message -----
From: "Free" <free@xxxxxxxx>
To: "OMEGA-LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: Did I miss something? RESULTS
> It sounds like you have done everything you can. The one thing I
would
> still try is to isolate the Seagate: no CD, no other disk. Use a
program on
> floppy (i.e. Partition Magic boot disks, since you said you had
that) and
> try to format, check for errors, and otherwise beat-up the drive to
see if
> it finds any problems.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Kaplun [mailto:ikaplun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 3:00 PM
> To: Craig; Ray Gurke; Free; rjbiii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; OMEGA-LIST
> Subject: Re: Did I miss something? RESULTS
>
> Hello Free, Mark, Ray, Craig, Sentinel, List -
>
> I combine and HERE is THE RESULTS.
> I am truly appreciating your involvement in trying to resolve my HD
> problem with formatting.
>
> I left on my new computer that I put from new parts, in a way Mark
> Brown did, only
> 1. Unformatted 60Gb HD that connected to IDE0
> 2. Plextor CD ROM that connected to IDE1 and
> 3. Floppy 1.44 Drive.
> I have Original Win2k on one CD, SP2.
>
> Here what I did:
> Turn on computer.
> When BIOS boot started, I inserted Win2k into CD-ROM.
> When computer said << press any key to boot CD-ROM >> I pressed
> <enter> key.
> Win2k session started.
>
> When Win2k loaded it displayed - recognized two FAT32 partitions C:
> and D:, each 2048-Mb and unformatted empty space of HD.
> It asked where do I want to set OS.
> I pointed to 2Gb partition C:.
> It asked if I want to format that C: I said NO leave existing
format.
> Win2k Setup failed. Reason disk damaged ...
>
> I did the same with D:. However, choose new format NTFS.
> Result the same. Win2k Setup failed. Reason disk damaged ...
>
> Then I created 2Gb new partition E:. Choose format NTFS.
> Result the same. Win2k Setup failed. Reason disk damaged ...
>
> Then I created 1Gb partition F:. Choose format NTFS.
> Result the same. Win2k Setup failed. Reason disk damaged ...
> I ended Win2k session.
> All that was at the same Win2k session.
> NO RESULTS ACHIEVED.
>
> What did I miss?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Val
>
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