Strange problem with performance 600

I have a Niece who has an older Gateway performance 600 with win 98
installed. All of a sudden it started getting an OE fatal exception error
0167 bff92094 and windows will not boot. I tried safe mode same thing and a
win 98 boot disk no good either. In checking the bios the hard drive is not
being seen. However and this is the strange part, I can access C: from the
win 98 boot menu command prompt only. I tried disconnecting the drive and
reconnecting. No luck the bios still can't detect it yet I can here it
spinning and see it from the command prompt.
The file system seem to be intact. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian

Replace the C2032 3v lithium battery with a new one. Battery failures cause
strange symptoms. That's my best guess. Batteries are cheap. It's worth a
try as the first attempt to get the system back in the running... Ben Myers

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:19:11 -0400, "Brian" wrote:

I have a Niece who has an older Gateway performance 600 with win 98
installed. All of a sudden it started getting an OE fatal exception error
0167 bff92094 and windows will not boot. I tried safe mode same thing and a
win 98 boot disk no good either. In checking the bios the hard drive is not
being seen. However and this is the strange part, I can access C: from the
win 98 boot menu command prompt only. I tried disconnecting the drive and
reconnecting. No luck the bios still can't detect it yet I can here it
spinning and see it from the command prompt.
The file system seem to be intact. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian

Can you get to c: prompt?

Then type scanreg /restore

select a restore point

Brian wrote:

I have a Niece who has an older Gateway performance 600 with win 98
installed. All of a sudden it started getting an OE fatal exception error
0167 bff92094 and windows will not boot. I tried safe mode same thing and a
win 98 boot disk no good either. In checking the bios the hard drive is not
being seen. However and this is the strange part, I can access C: from the
win 98 boot menu command prompt only. I tried disconnecting the drive and
reconnecting. No luck the bios still can't detect it yet I can here it
spinning and see it from the command prompt.
The file system seem to be intact. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian

Download the test utility from the drive manufacturer and do a thorough test
if you can get the drive to be recognized - it sounds like you have a dying
hard drive.



"Brian" wrote in message
...
I have a Niece who has an older Gateway performance 600 with win 98
installed. All of a sudden it started getting an OE fatal exception
error
0167 bff92094 and windows will not boot. I tried safe mode same thing and
a
win 98 boot disk no good either. In checking the bios the hard drive is
not
being seen. However and this is the strange part, I can access C: from
the
win 98 boot menu command prompt only. I tried disconnecting the drive and
reconnecting. No luck the bios still can't detect it yet I can here it
spinning and see it from the command prompt.
The file system seem to be intact. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian

Tried scan reg no good. Will try the battery!

Thanks,

Brian

"FB" wrote in message
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Can you get to c: prompt?

Then type scanreg /restore

select a restore point

Brian wrote:

I have a Niece who has an older Gateway performance 600 with win 98
installed. All of a sudden it started getting an OE fatal exception
error
0167 bff92094 and windows will not boot. I tried safe mode same thing
and a
win 98 boot disk no good either. In checking the bios the hard drive is
not
being seen. However and this is the strange part, I can access C: from
the
win 98 boot menu command prompt only. I tried disconnecting the drive
and
reconnecting. No luck the bios still can't detect it yet I can here it
spinning and see it from the command prompt.
The file system seem to be intact. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Brian