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Solve : Re-Install WIN 95 Need help Pleasei? |
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Answer» HI everyone! This is my first question to you all and I hope you can help me out . A week ago I received from my sister a used Dell machine that she used to own. Before she gave it to me she scrubbed the hard drive of everything on it. This wiped out Win 95 in addition to everything else. She gave me the boot disk and CD-Rom for re-INSTALLATION of 95. The computer is a Pentium 2 machine from Dell. I started the installation and everything went smoothly until scan disk swept the system and found "errors on my hard drive", correct errors then resume installing. Some errors were corrected by Scandisk , but others were not corrected and the installation came to a standstill. I was almost at the set-up wizard until I was stopped by this problem. I have no IDEA how I can check and correct these errors. I am not terribly computer literate and I am at a loss. Can anyone give me suggestions how to cure this problem and move on with the installation?? Any help would most gratefully be appreciated. Thanks in advance...John I am not to sure as to what Windows 95 has to offer but, maybe the hard disk surface has errors. Have you run scan disk surface? Or maybe a bad hard disk that needs replacing.Run the free diagnostics that can be downloaded from the appropriate hard drive maker's site. This will run without Windows having to be loaded. What is the make and model number of the drive? The service tag of the Dell? (This is found in the BIOS screen - F2 when you see the Dell logo, or whatever it says on the screen. It will be 4-6 letters and numbers. If the disk is bad, there is no point in continuing this exercise until it is replaced.Yes, I ran Scandisk when the setup was taking place (it seems it is the last operation before setup wizard begins). It showed errors on the hard drive, but fixed the majority of them. After it completed it said there are still errors on my hard drive. This is what I was wondering how can a person FIX the remaining errors and proceed with the setup wizard?? The hard drive is good as far as my knowledge, it was just totally scrubbed by my sister before she gave it to me.....John Quote I am not to sure as to what Windows 95 has to offer but, maybe the hard disk surface has errors. Have you run scan disk surface? Or maybe a bad hard disk that needs replacing.Thanks for your advice GX_1 , I will be getting all this info from the computer tonight. I will forward it onto you and hopefully we can go on from there....John As I posted in my earlier screen to fffreak as far as I know the hard drive is fine, it was just completely scrubbed clean by my sis before she gave me the computer. Quote Run the free diagnostics that can be downloaded from the appropriate hard drive maker's site. This will run without Windows having to be loaded. What is the make and model number of the drive? The service tag of the Dell? (This is found in the BIOS screen - F2 when you see the Dell logo, or whatever it says on the screen. It will be 4-6 letters and numbers.The service tag is : ETCQF The make and model of the hard drive is: IBM ...DHEA-38451 Quote Run the free diagnostics that can be downloaded from the appropriate hard drive maker's site. This will run without Windows having to be loaded. What is the make and model number of the drive? The service tag of the Dell? (This is found in the BIOS screen - F2 when you see the Dell logo, or whatever it says on the screen. It will be 4-6 letters and numbers.That machine was originally shipped 6/9/98 and that IBM was, strangely enough, the one that shipped with it. The fact that you had bad sectors while scandisking it and it's age indicate to me it is not trustworthy, regardless of it working in some fashion before you got it. If you want to try a format on the drive, it can identify bad sectors and not use them, BUT it will not change the fact that the drive has problems. With the boot disk in there and the machine started so that you see A:> type in format c:/u/s and press enter Then when you try to install Windows it may load on there, BUT that drive should not be trusted with any important data. Once they start having problems it tends to snowball. Even the best warranty on a new hard drive is only 5 years. Let us know.Thanks for your quick reply. When I type what you told me I receive the following message after a warning that all info on Drive C will be removed and after I press Yes to proceed: Invalid device parameters from device driver. What should I do now? I understand your ASSESSMENT of the hard drive, my sister said it was working fine before she scrubbed the hard drive, maybe it is shot, I hope not!!....John Quote That machine was originally shipped 6/9/98 and that IBM was, strangely enough, the one that shipped with it. The fact that you had bad sectors while scandisking it and it's age indicate to me it is not trustworthy, regardless of it working in some fashion before you got it.If you cannot proceed from the command exactly as given, you should at least slip in an old, different hard drive and just see if I might be correct. Sometimes I am It may have been working adequately (not fine, but adequately) before. That is not unheard of. It is an 8 year old 8 gig. drive and really not worth 8 minutes of heartache. All hard drives die eventually. Ok, I give up . Where can I find an old hard drive to simply slip into the machine to test? I can't find one anywhere?? Would a new hard drive fit into this machine , perhaps?? ....John Quote If you cannot proceed from the command exactly as given, you should at least slip in an old, different hard drive and just see if I might be correct. Sometimes I amA new hard drive would work, but I would suggest an 80 gig or smaller one to use. Sometimes computer shops have old 10-20 gig drives they sell for cheap, or give away. A friend might have an old drive. Be creative! It just needs to be an IDE/ATA drive. NOT a SATA drive. |
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