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Time for a new system
PL1:
Everything but the new motherboard should be here in the next 3-6 days. ;D
--- Quote from: 404 on December 15, 2013, 01:12:39 pm ---In the meantime, you can fiddle around with your current system to see what's wrong? Any blown caps or something noticeable on that rig?
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i'll be looking at that soon, but the odd thing about this is that the first crash happened on reboot after applying a windows update.
IIRC, I copied over NTLDR and boot.ini to fix that crash for about 4 hours.
Then I updated windows again and the system went into an endless loop: BIOS - Boot in safe/normal/last good mode? - starts to load system - *BEEP* - back to BIOS . . . :dizzy:
The EIDE HDD works great in an external USB adapter -- backed up 490 GB data from it with no problems.
Old system BIOS seems to recognize the HDD, but when I try to install XP from the SATA DVD drive, it gets as far as asking which drive to install XP on and says that it can't recognize the HDD.
Sounds like either a bad boot sector on the drive, a problem with the EIDE controller circuit, or something else along these lines. :dunno
Guess it's time to dig out an old HDD to see if that works.
Scott
ark_ader:
Have you checked BIOS to see if SATA is in compatible mode with the OS?
I got the same grief when I wiped 8 off the drive stuck 7 on and 8 following up with 8.1 again on the new laptop. Endless boot cycle. :hissy:
I don't boot XP anymore on new kit, I just image the XP installation to VHD then either run it from VM or you could try Plop.
It is so much easier than trying to migrate, and you can have multiple copies. ;D
404:
--- Quote from: PL1 on December 15, 2013, 05:20:49 pm ---Everything but the new motherboard should be here in the next 3-6 days. ;D
--- Quote from: 404 on December 15, 2013, 01:12:39 pm ---In the meantime, you can fiddle around with your current system to see what's wrong? Any blown caps or something noticeable on that rig?
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i'll be looking at that soon, but the odd thing about this is that the first crash happened on reboot after applying a windows update.
IIRC, I copied over NTLDR and boot.ini to fix that crash for about 4 hours.
Then I updated windows again and the system went into an endless loop: BIOS - Boot in safe/normal/last good mode? - starts to load system - *BEEP* - back to BIOS . . . :dizzy:
The EIDE HDD works great in an external USB adapter -- backed up 490 GB data from it with no problems.
Old system BIOS seems to recognize the HDD, but when I try to install XP from the SATA DVD drive, it gets as far as asking which drive to install XP on and says that it can't recognize the HDD.
Sounds like either a bad boot sector on the drive, a problem with the EIDE controller circuit, or something else along these lines. :dunno
Guess it's time to dig out an old HDD to see if that works.
Scott
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I'm a sucker for old hardware. I always try to rejuvenate old hardware to use in various projects. I'm not the kind of person that just chucks pc parts into E-waste bins.
You do have an interesting situation with this rig though. Chances are if a fresh XP install cannot recognize the drive, even to reformat it then the drive is probably toast. If you have a working windows rig that has an ide port you can test out the drive and read it's internal SMART info by using tools such as CrystalDiskInfo.
roknrol:
Sorry, Scott, should have replied sooner ... you should be very happy with the WD Black 1TB drives. Both of mine have been purring along in separate builds for 2+ years with nary an issue. Just keep 'em cool and you shouldn't have any problems.
Seagate .14 and .15 drives are good options, too. Not at all like the Sea-bakes of old.
PL1:
Motherboard shipped. :woot
It might even get here in time for Christmas. ;D
With any luck I'll have all the software installed and configured by Easter. :lol
Scott