I know from several other replies that you have solved this problem.
Burning the wrong type disk...
You saw the error you did because the HD was not FULLY erased...
Some erase utilities do not go close enough to the beginning of the disk
to get it all...
This is sometimes why people have
Darrik's Boot n Nuke is what I use when I want to make sure a HD is wiped.
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
I think there really are two problems here, which Tharin pointed out.
The first is that the HD was not completely wiped and the boot sector
is still there telling it to run the NTLDR, which is
Rick Glazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I want an HD fully erased (not security erased,
Also the old Debug routine works well.
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/HardDrive.htm
Boot to Win98SE startup disk. (any DOS boot floppy with debug.exe on it)
Type in debug at the A: prompt.
Enter in
The El Torito Bootable CD Specification needs to be followed.
Nero will burn this right ONLY if it is used in the original ISO,
(so the ISO needs to be built correctly),
and IF the ISO is NOT burned as a file,
but instead burned as an IMAGE...
DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, no. Not in the version of Nero that
I am using.
At 22:26 12/19/2007 -0800, you wrote:
In Nero there will be an option to create a cd from an Image
Nope, have not seen this. I have /make data cd/ or /make bootable cd/.
as opposed to making a plain old
Tharin Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If Nero came with your DVD Burner it will be an OEM version/license.
Sometimes those kinds of programs can be crippled but I'm pretty sure you can
still burn images.
You can test this by double-clicking on the ISO. Nero(Express) should
come up with
Rick,
Thank you for this bit of info. I have used ZAP in the past as a last ditch
effort. I still
have it stored if you need it.
Yes, did suspect the hd had been previously in ntfs.
Once I got DRDOS into its' Extended Mode, I was able to kill the partition
and reset
the MBR (I think). Even
Brian,
Thanks for the info. All of you called this one. Another point for the
collective!
A true case of dumb pilot error!
More inline below.
At 08:39 12/20/2007 -0500, you wrote:
Darrik's Boot n Nuke is what I use when I want to make sure a HD is wiped.
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
I'll go
Thanks Al,
This is the one routine I completely forgot about. But I do recall using it
many times
back in 1990-2000. Looking back, even with the wrongly burned CD (try #2)
with the
DRDOS boot loader, I noticed that DEBUG was part of the load...
Completely forgot about this in the heat
I can understand it being blocked when using Godaddy's SMTP,
since generally speaking, one isn't allowed to use port 25 SMTP
if the server doesn't belong to the network which is providing
your Internet connection. If I'm not mistaken, Godaddy's SMTP
has alternate ports you can substitute for
Tried to install XP3 and I got a windows error dialogue box saying Access
denied It came after the files were unpacked and checking configuration
then starting the install.
I tried two different files from different sources. I turned off firewall
and BitDefender and just about everything else to
Gotta run as Administrator maybe?
On 12/20/07, Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tried to install XP3 and I got a windows error dialogue box saying Access
denied It came after the files were unpacked and checking configuration
then starting the install.
I tried two different files from
Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tried to install XP3 and I got a windows error dialogue box saying Access
denied
I hope testing on a spare computer. :)
regards,
al
Exactly. I've played with it on a vm, but would never use on my main box
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From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:37:31
To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] XP SP3
Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tried to install
This holiday season I'm looking into NAS storage. I know the buffalo system
is possibly the best route for me, but I dunno what to do about my old
drives... i have a 160 and a 250 gb disks (both PATA). I thought about
getting seperate NAS systems to put these guys in, but then wondered if the
Francisco,
If you go to an integrated system, would you maybe sell your 160GB and
250GB hds at a good price? I might like to use them.
I am playing with FreeNAS and NASLite right now.
Best,
Duncan
At 15:53 12/20/2007 -0800, you wrote:
This holiday season I'm looking into NAS storage. I know
I bit the bullet and sold off my 160's and 200's to friends and bought 4
new 500 gig drives, 2 for the PC and 2 for the NAS I bought...
Went from having 5 drives to just 3 in the PC, one 74 gig Raptor boot drive
and the two 500 gig data drives. :)
This holiday season I'm looking into NAS
YaKnow, UGuys with bucks could really p*ss this peapicker off, but I do
so love living vicariously with what you folks do! Really. I get ideas from
your choices.Please don't stop.
JRS, UR soBAD!
Best,
Duncan
At 16:34 12/20/2007 -0800, you wrote:
I bit the bullet and sold off my 160's and
I should take a picture of a box we just did for a total idiot for Christmas.
1 128g Transcend Solid State and then 3 1TB Hitachis.
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From: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:45:54
To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject:
I think I have on stranger than this, Earthlink's own spamblocker blocks my
earthlink email address. And I have put it in the OK list.
Mark
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tharin Olsen
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:30 PM
To:
Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I should take a picture of a box we just did for a total idiot for Christmas.
Oh yes, please do. :)
regards,
al
I sure would, Especially since these are all pata, and all the newer stuff
is sata. :|
On Dec 20, 2007 4:00 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco,
If you go to an integrated system, would you maybe sell your 160GB and
250GB hds at a good price? I might like to use them.
I am
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