Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

Nel suo scritto precedente, Nick Le Lievre ha sostenuto :
"Felix" wrote in message
il.it...
WOW
A new hard drive? :D

For SP4 in win2k... try nlite and do a win2k installation cd with sp4
in ;)


Its not worth a new hard drive for this PC - my friend may have another
2.1gb which *might* be clear of errors. I will probably run a thorough
scandisk again to automatically fix errors and to scan for and try to
recover bad sectors - even though Win98SE boot disk format did this before
installation. Then I will attempt to install SP4 again.

to do a low level format to (try to) fix errors, please use
Active@KillDisk. It's free... ;)

--
Le dimensioni forse non sono importanti per le donne, ma sono
essenziali per le vagine!

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Felix" wrote in message
il.it...
Nel suo scritto precedente, Nick Le Lievre ha sostenuto :
"Felix" wrote in message
il.it...
WOW
A new hard drive? :D

For SP4 in win2k... try nlite and do a win2k installation cd with sp4
in ;)


Its not worth a new hard drive for this PC - my friend may have another
2.1gb which *might* be clear of errors. I will probably run a thorough
scandisk again to automatically fix errors and to scan for and try to
recover bad sectors - even though Win98SE boot disk format did this
before
installation. Then I will attempt to install SP4 again.

to do a low level format to (try to) fix errors, please use
Active@KillDisk. It's free... ;)


Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a boot cd
rom somewhere around here.

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

Dopo dura riflessione, Nick Le Lievre ha scritto :
"Felix" wrote in message
il.it...
Nel suo scritto precedente, Nick Le Lievre ha sostenuto :
"Felix" wrote in message
il.it...
WOW
A new hard drive? :D

For SP4 in win2k... try nlite and do a win2k installation cd with sp4
in ;)


Its not worth a new hard drive for this PC - my friend may have another
2.1gb which *might* be clear of errors. I will probably run a thorough
scandisk again to automatically fix errors and to scan for and try to
recover bad sectors - even though Win98SE boot disk format did this before
installation. Then I will attempt to install SP4 again.

to do a low level format to (try to) fix errors, please use
Active@KillDisk. It's free... ;)


Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a boot cd
rom somewhere around here.

ok... it's the same... a low level format with check after it...

--
Le dimensioni forse non sono importanti per le donne, ma sono
essenziali per le vagine!

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Felix" wrote in message

Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a boot
cd
rom somewhere around here.

ok... it's the same... a low level format with check after it...

I got sick of the 2.1gb which would spin up maybe 1 in 10 times (if lucky)
so I low level formatted that 10.2gb with the track 0 error after I did a
non destructive test and it stopped straight away with 20 errors.

So its definetely cream crackered my friend also gave me a 1.2gb Western
Digital so I booted to dos and formatted it no errors. I then ran Ghost and
copied the Windows 2000 install from the 2.1gb to the 1.2gb and am using
that now.

144mb free space lol with Windows 2000 (no service pack) and IE6sp1 +
messenger 7.0.

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
...
"Felix" wrote in message

Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a
boot
cd
rom somewhere around here.

ok... it's the same... a low level format with check after it...

I got sick of the 2.1gb which would spin up maybe 1 in 10 times (if lucky)
so I low level formatted that 10.2gb with the track 0 error after I did a
non destructive test and it stopped straight away with 20 errors.

So its definetely cream crackered my friend also gave me a 1.2gb Western
Digital so I booted to dos and formatted it no errors. I then ran Ghost
and
copied the Windows 2000 install from the 2.1gb to the 1.2gb and am using
that now.

144mb free space lol with Windows 2000 (no service pack) and IE6sp1 +
messenger 7.0.


Did I have some hassle trying to ghost it though. I had a boot cd with Ghost
on it (but no copy command) and a boot floppy setup for networking support
(ie no Ghost program or copy command etc). I had to disconnect the 2.1gb
connect the 1.2gb to primary with the CD Rom on the secondary and boot from
cd. The 1.2gb had a FAT32 partition already on it with Windows 98 installed.
So I changed directory to c:\windows\system and used the move command to
move r:\ghostpe.exe to c:\ Then I booted from floppy and used the move
command to move c:\ghostpe.exe a:\ Then I connected both the 2.1gb & 1.2gb
and during a power on where the 2.1gb actually spun up I booted from floppy
and ran Ghostpe

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

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Did I have some hassle trying to ghost it though. I had a boot cd with
Ghost
on it (but no copy command) and a boot floppy setup for networking support
(ie no Ghost program or copy command etc). I had to disconnect the 2.1gb
connect the 1.2gb to primary with the CD Rom on the secondary and boot
from
cd. The 1.2gb had a FAT32 partition already on it with Windows 98
installed.
So I changed directory to c:\windows\system and used the move command to
move r:\ghostpe.exe to c:\ Then I booted from floppy and used the move
command to move c:\ghostpe.exe a:\ Then I connected both the 2.1gb & 1.2gb
and during a power on where the 2.1gb actually spun up I booted from
floppy
and ran Ghostpe


You say why not connect the 2 hard drives and the CD Rom at the same time
then boot from CD and run Ghostpe off the CD - but I only have 2 IDE cables
(with no extra IDE connections on them) so I couldn't connect all 3
simultaneously. I was lucky that the 1.2gb had a previous Windows98
installation.

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
...
"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
...
"Felix" wrote in message

Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a
boot
cd
rom somewhere around here.

ok... it's the same... a low level format with check after it...

I got sick of the 2.1gb which would spin up maybe 1 in 10 times (if
lucky)
so I low level formatted that 10.2gb with the track 0 error after I did
a
non destructive test and it stopped straight away with 20 errors.

So its definetely cream crackered my friend also gave me a 1.2gb Western
Digital so I booted to dos and formatted it no errors. I then ran Ghost
and
copied the Windows 2000 install from the 2.1gb to the 1.2gb and am using
that now.

144mb free space lol with Windows 2000 (no service pack) and IE6sp1 +
messenger 7.0.


Did I have some hassle trying to ghost it though. I had a boot cd with
Ghost
on it (but no copy command) and a boot floppy setup for networking support
(ie no Ghost program or copy command etc). I had to disconnect the 2.1gb
connect the 1.2gb to primary with the CD Rom on the secondary and boot
from
cd. The 1.2gb had a FAT32 partition already on it with Windows 98
installed.
So I changed directory to c:\windows\system and used the move command to

That's c:\windows\command of course not system

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in
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"Felix" wrote in message


Did I have some hassle trying to ghost it though. I had a boot cd with
Ghost
on it (but no copy command) and a boot floppy setup for networking
support
(ie no Ghost program or copy command etc). I had to disconnect the 2.1gb
connect the 1.2gb to primary with the CD Rom on the secondary and boot
from
cd. The 1.2gb had a FAT32 partition already on it with Windows 98
installed.
So I changed directory to c:\windows\system and used the move command to
move r:\ghostpe.exe to c:\ Then I booted from floppy and used the move
command to move c:\ghostpe.exe a:\ Then I connected both the 2.1gb &
1.2gb
and during a power on where the 2.1gb actually spun up I booted from
floppy
and ran Ghostpe


You say why not connect the 2 hard drives and the CD Rom at the same time
then boot from CD and run Ghostpe off the CD - but I only have 2 IDE
cables
(with no extra IDE connections on them) so I couldn't connect all 3
simultaneously. I was lucky that the 1.2gb had a previous Windows98
installation.


and to make matters worse I haven't got any decent screws to screw the CD
Rom in place so the one I used just about holds it in place as long as you
don't apply too much pressure. I can usually get the system on with the
power button but I have more difficulty getting it off. Its a peice of crap
really I haven't got any case screws and the CD Rom isn't properly aligned
to the front of the case. Plus the floppy has lost is eject button so
there's just a hole there now lol. Oh well it'll do for my Internet purposes
while my other PCs are unavailable.

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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and to make matters worse I haven't got any decent screws to screw the CD
Rom in place so the one I used just about holds it in place as long as you
don't apply too much pressure. I can usually get the system on with the
power button but I have more difficulty getting it off. Its a peice of
crap
really I haven't got any case screws and the CD Rom isn't properly aligned
to the front of the case. Plus the floppy has lost is eject button so
there's just a hole there now lol. Oh well it'll do for my Internet
purposes
while my other PCs are unavailable.


Searched google found that by enabling APM mode the PC now shuts down
instead of displaying the "Its now safe to turn off your computer" its
installed as a standard PC all the other PCs I ever came across that
shutdown automatically were installed as ACPI Pcs under Computer in device
manager. I didn't know enabling APM would allow a standard PC to shutdown (I
guess this motherboard has ACPI features but for some reason they weren't
detected during installation) anyone know why ?

Compaq Deskpro EN 6266 & 1790 *Update*
 

I only use Partition Magic
It is the best and the Industry standard

If just 2.1 GIG
A dos 6 #1 Disk is also good


That is why they are 2.1 because of dos 6.22
"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
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"Felix" wrote in message

Seriously a good program to use is Bart's Disktool... I got it on a
boot
cd
rom somewhere around here.

ok... it's the same... a low level format with check after it...

I got sick of the 2.1gb which would spin up maybe 1 in 10 times (if
lucky)
so I low level formatted that 10.2gb with the track 0 error after I did
a
non destructive test and it stopped straight away with 20 errors.

So its definetely cream crackered my friend also gave me a 1.2gb
Western
Digital so I booted to dos and formatted it no errors. I then ran Ghost
and
copied the Windows 2000 install from the 2.1gb to the 1.2gb and am
using
that now.

144mb free space lol with Windows 2000 (no service pack) and IE6sp1 +
messenger 7.0.


Did I have some hassle trying to ghost it though. I had a boot cd with
Ghost
on it (but no copy command) and a boot floppy setup for networking
support
(ie no Ghost program or copy command etc). I had to disconnect the 2.1gb
connect the 1.2gb to primary with the CD Rom on the secondary and boot
from
cd. The 1.2gb had a FAT32 partition already on it with Windows 98
installed.
So I changed directory to c:\windows\system and used the move command to

That's c:\windows\command of course not system