kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 10:03:13AM -0600, ktb wrote: > > "Allan M. Wind" wrote: > > > > > > On 2000-02-24 09:40:21, ktb wrote: > > > > > > > I've pulled a real bone head deal it seems. I decided to partition the > > > > HD on my new system so that I could put both Windows 98 and Slink on > > > > it. I tried using fdisk under "dos" but it wouldn't let me delete the > > > > current partition so I used the Slink installation disk and cfdisk to > > > > partition my HD. I cut the disk in half and added one partition "Win95 > > > > FAT32 (LBA)" which was what it was before except that it took up the > > > > whole disk. I marked it as bootable. I then attempted to install W98 > > > > and got the message "no HD found." I went into the bios setup and the > > > > disk can't be detected. I switched it to "auto" but no improvement. I > > > > used the Slink installation cd again and found I get the message "FATAL > > > > ERROR: Cannot read disk drive Press any key to exit fdisk." I have no > > > > installation disks for this HD. It is the HD that came with the > > > > system. What the heck do I do now? > > > > > > You did use something to resize that win98 partition with besides > > > cfdisk, right? > > > > No I didn't. > > Ouch. > > Did you have anything on the disk initially, or not? The way I read > your post (portions deleted), you didn't.
I had stuff on the disk but I meant to wipe it clean. What my problem seems to be coming down to is my computer will no longer auto detect my HD's. I had one HD (primary) with Windows 98 and (secondary) with Slink. Now neither of my HD's are detected. I went into the bios settings and selected "drive auto detect" and it shows nothing is there. I manually set them to "auto" and still nothing is seen. I just don't understand how creating a new partition valid in the eyes of windows or not prevents my bios from detecting that there are HD's there? Thanks, kent
